I think react is not as immediate-mode as what you see in many immediate UI libs. In particular the canonical "let buttonPressed = drawButton("OK")", where your

I think react is not as immediate-mode as what you see in many immediate UI libs. In particular the canonical "let buttonPressed = drawButton("OK")", where your button state/press is actually reported back. In React events on your components have to flow back through some strategy. This is either a nit or a completely fundamental difference that entirely changes the ask. Immediate mode isn't _just_ about repeating the UI every frame