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Not if you're in an environment (like mobile) where you want to reduce repaint.

In which case you don't want to be using jQuery at all and should instead be using a virtual DOM implementation like virtual-dom, famo.us, react or mithril.

https://github.com/Matt-Esch/virtual-dom

What if you don't have the option to all of a sudden bust out a new framework? Some of these scenarios are just unrealistic.

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