Re:“Variables” in CSS are harmful (2008)
by ChrisSD on Tuesday January 02, 2018 @05:59PM
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Pardon my ignorance but how is that different from putting <style> and <script> tags inline in HTML? Other than the syntax of course.
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Re:“Variables” in CSS are harmful (2008)
by TuringTest on Tuesday January 02, 2018 @06:19PM
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The syntax itself may be a big deal. With a unified syntax like the above LISP-like example, you can meta-program all content, structure and style with the same scripts, and manipulate them inside the same generic tools.
This could be used to reduce the number of entities in the system, in special those for logic expressions and control flow.