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Why should CSS be different from any other language ?

I think the point of the article is that people shouldn't rude about CSS because it makes web developers and designers sad. It implies a divide between them and "real" developers who sneer at something they use every day. More of a social critique than a technology critique.

And yet we have many 'web developers' constantly telling 'real' developers how Javascript is the best thing ever, and all of these 'old' languages are outdated.

Why is JSON praised, but XML shamed ? Java is old, bulky and slow, but Javascript is the answer to everything ? The debate goes both ways.

The correct answer is that all languages, etc. are suitable in the correct scenario, and none should be 'special', whether that be praised above all others, or condemned.

Then maybe the problem is that the web boxes people in and disconnects them from the most basic feature of computers: the ability to modify your tools with your tools.

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