David Nolen's post explaining the benefits: http://swannodette.github.io/2013/12/17/the-future-of-javascript-mvcs/ http://swannodette.github.io/2013/12/17/the-

David Nolen's post explaining the benefits: http://swannodette.github.io/2013/12/17/the-future-of-javascript-mvcs/ http://swannodette.github.io/2013/12/17/the-future-of-javasc... > immutable data allows a new library, Om, to outperform a reasonably performant JavaScript MVC like Backbone.js without hand optimization from the user.