[ds_]

I can't see the parallels between js/html and css/html. React disregards the js/html because they acknowledge that there never really was proper separation. With css/html, at least to me, it seems like there is a clearer separation. Maybe I'm being shortsighted.

[catshirt]

not short sighted at all. i haven't completely convinced myself yet either. :)

i guess the question i struggle with then is, what is so nice about that separation? and, could those problems not also be solved in JS?

[cnp]

Exactly.