Hmmm. Perhaps "intrinsic" would have been ok for this? "a function which a compiler implements directly". In any case, it really seems like mainstream frontend

Hmmm. Perhaps "intrinsic" would have been ok for this? "a function which a compiler implements directly". In any case, it really seems like mainstream frontend programming has gone too far, and has started parodying itself... Runes... sigh :-p Facebook itself (and FB messenger) are pretty buggy apps that are built on React, so not even the "masters" know how to do React properly, judging by the results... To be honest, I don't know that the whole thing that KnockoutJS started is really necessary. These days I prefer to work with the DOM directly when possible. http://domenlightenment.com/ http://domenlightenment.com/ is a good resource for people wanting to explore how to implement HTML5 applications, going back to the basics.