There's an *awful lot* of JavaScript that exists solely because the developer didn't know CSS well enough.
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Replying to @chriseppstein
There's a meme in the JS ecosystem that CSS is abominable and all its troubles would be fixed by making it a real boy. It's a strong meme.
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Replying to @wycats @chriseppstein
I'm glad you're pushing back against it, but omg the number of times ppl have cargo culted the claim that CSS would be better as a real PL.
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Replying to @wycats
I talked about this in my last conference talk. My feelings on it are nuanced ;) A Turing Complete css runtime would be bad for browsers.
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Replying to @chriseppstein
I think it comes down to the Rule of Least Power. We need some more abstraction tools, but that doesn't imply a general purpose PL.
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Replying to @wycats @chriseppstein
This, I avoid a CSS in complex situations because it doesn't abstract/encapsulate well in my experiences.
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Replying to @bradleymeck @wycats
That's a problem I'd like to address through better CSS tooling.
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Replying to @chriseppstein @wycats
We have been using SASS for ages, but I don't see much progress on this. Do you have ideas on how to move forward on this?
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