> Simple pre-processing and code-to-code transformation is typical in many different languages and environments. True, but I suppose it's still nice to avoid a

> Simple pre-processing and code-to-code transformation is typical in many different languages and environments. True, but I suppose it's still nice to avoid as many unnecessary steps in deployment as possible. > That's only because of your background. ASP.NET or GWT guys would not agree, I imagine. Well, there are good and bad abstractions. Many abstractions get in the way eventually if you're doing anything non-trivial.