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> Maybe because you’re thinking of it like a template language.

I think they just looked at the JavaScript example, and realized how ugly/unreadable it was, and said "I can do better", and they did. the Django example is actually clear and readable about whats going on.

the fact that the community converged on the current monstrosity should bring great sadness, not rationalizations.




It’s not rationalization. It’s preference. There were plenty of templating languages in Javascript before React came along.




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