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Re:Removing jQuery from GitHub.com frontend by AmericanChopper on Thursday July 26, 2018 @07:49AM (#17616681)
Performing evals is a core part of the design. Take a look at the additional notes section on this documentation of the .html method.

http://api.jquery.com/html/

>By design, any jQuery constructor or method that accepts an HTML string — jQuery(), .append(), .after(), etc. — can potentially execute code

This makes jQuery less safe in general, but I think the CSP restrictions this puts in place are probably a greater issue for most people. I’ve been involved in retro-fitting strict CSPs into a few projects, and more than once I’ve been thwarted by very minor use of jQuery in a couple of places.

Re:Removing jQuery from GitHub.com frontend by sbjs on Thursday July 26, 2018 @12:55PM (#17618915)
It's part of the design of the creation of new elements. But that's just one part of jQuery, and a part I would be completely okay with jQuery getting rid of.