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by dragonwriter 1778 days ago
> "It reads like storing code in a string and evalling it" sounds very funny in this context because that's exactly what every solution does.

Its not, though. JSX-based solutions (not just React, but Solid and others) don't (actually, neither do many frameworks with more traditional-looking templates, including, AIUI, Vue, actually compile templates to render functions, so it just looks like old school “string with embedded code which is evalled” ttemplates)
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Drew_ 1778 days ago
I know it's pedantic but this is still JavaScript we're talking about not binary so the "compiled render function" is still ultimately just "a string that gets evaled".

In any case the implementation details aren't important it's what it appears to be that is apparently the problem.

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zkldi 1778 days ago
> it's what it appears to be that is apparently the problem.

Yep, Someone mentioned in another part of this thread that Vue compiles most of this out before production, so my remaning confusion pretty much stems from the DSL being a mishmash of html attribute context, vue custom syntax, and evaluated JS.

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