[developit]

Not to pile on here, but I try to use pure functions instead of Components as often as I can. The class keyword is sugar, sure, but like others have said - that ship has sailed. Personally, I just like that it's a language feature, since Components are the only time I ever use the class keyword my brain treats them as a 1:1 mapping. Perhaps it has something to do with both Classes and Components having a defined lifecycle? Cheers.

[jallmann]

It's enlightening to hear why people seem to like this feature so much, so thanks for chiming in. While I'm still mystified (probably due to my PL tastes more than anything), I'll stop complaining for today.