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Re:Bootstrap 5 will remove jQuery as a dependency by untog on Tuesday February 12, 2019 @05:17PM (#19148195)
> As one of the commenters pointed out, a lot of stuff was copied from jQuery to make it work.

"a lot" is an important clarification there, though. If they copied 99% of jQuery over then yes, it's a total waste of time. But 5%? 10%? That's a meaningful reduction in download size.

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