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> It is really unfortunate to see the standard layer bloated to compensate for the shortcomings of some framework. That's not remotely what's happening. You co
by _bxg1 7y ago
> It is really unfortunate to see the standard layer bloated to compensate for the shortcomings of some framework.
That's not remotely what's happening. You could have the same issues with (and use this API on) a jQuery-mutated DOM.
- austincheney 7y agojQuery is also not the DOM.
- nicoburns 7y agoThe point is that this attempts to fix performance issues with the DOM itself. These are present regardless of whether you are using abstractions on top of the DOM or not. And in fact, the existence of these perf problems with the DOM is one of the reasons for the creation of vdom layers.
- austincheney 7y agoWhat performance issues? The DOM executes in the browser at near assembly speed. Example: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22321333 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22321333