It's not just that. The abstraction placed between a Node and an Element is very important and crucial for React (and for a good reason, this is similar to a we

It's not just that. The abstraction placed between a Node and an Element is very important and crucial for React (and for a good reason, this is similar to a well-known programming paradigm used for 3D games). I'd say there is a significant semantic difference that can be simulated by a function call (you can simulate nearly any statement).