> A lot of the OO support in React is there as a concession, more than being considered a virtue. It's really cool to have the FP community involved in the UI s

> A lot of the OO support in React is there as a concession, more than being considered a virtue. It's really cool to have the FP community involved in the UI space. Those people are already sold on FP and statelessness and get the luxury of programming in tomorrow's paradigms today (how ironic that FP has been around for decades!) As Sir William said, "There is blood in the old ways yet".