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Re:Hyperscript Tagged Markup: JSX alternative using standard... by m1sta_ on Thursday November 22, 2018 @02:30PM (#18511996)
JSX isn't JavaScript. It's JSX.
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Re:Hyperscript Tagged Markup: JSX alternative using standard... by rickycook on Thursday November 22, 2018 @04:20PM (#18512652)
no, but it BECOMES javascript after transpile time
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Re:Hyperscript Tagged Markup: JSX alternative using standard... by m1sta_ on Saturday November 24, 2018 @01:56AM (#18520863)
Yep. Just like C code isn't binary code.
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Re:Hyperscript Tagged Markup: JSX alternative using standard... by phpnode on Thursday November 22, 2018 @02:33PM (#18512008)
Why is it not JavaScript? The Ecmascript spec explicitly allows syntax extensions.
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Re:Hyperscript Tagged Markup: JSX alternative using standard... by orange8 on Thursday November 22, 2018 @03:56PM (#18512497)
Is this valid Javascript: %%$$#~~~~##

What if I make it my special js "syntax extension"?

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Re:Hyperscript Tagged Markup: JSX alternative using standard... by emn13 on Thursday November 22, 2018 @02:51PM (#18512116)
I'm not javascript syntax, especially if you're being pedantic, but focusing on that is kind of missing the point, which is that it's tool friendly in the way string interpolation is not.
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