News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on “Variables” in CSS are harmful (2008).

Re:“Variables” in CSS are harmful (2008) by Shorel on Tuesday January 02, 2018 @05:36PM (#16056508)
This is just an example of NIH syndrome.

And not having variables in CSS is more harmful than having them. In the form of a dozen preprocessors and alternative CSS languages that compile to CSS.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:“Variables” in CSS are harmful (2008) by trevorstarick on Tuesday January 02, 2018 @05:45PM (#16056563)
Except CSS variables have existed nativity for a while now: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Using_CSS_v...
[ Parent | on HN ]