The point I'm making, though, is that the challenge of solving "maintainability of DOM manipulation code" is a simpler problem to solve than the creation of the

The point I'm making, though, is that the challenge of solving "maintainability of DOM manipulation code" is a simpler problem to solve than the creation of the perfect templating language. What's more, a good DOM manipulation strategy and library can be really easily ported to any language, freeing up your templates to go wherever you may feel is appropriate in the future.