Exploring CSS as a Query Language and General-Purpose Programming Tool
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Summary
An exploration of using CSS as a query language and general-purpose programming language beyond its traditional role of styling web pages. The article investigates the theoretical and practical possibilities of applying CSS selectors and rules to query and manipulate data, treating CSS as a declarative query language similar to SQL or XPath. It presents a philosophical and technical deep-dive into the unconventional use of CSS for data processing tasks.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledQuestion: Why in God's good name would you do that? CSS is infamously confusing. And better query languages exist, right? Such as SQL, which famously doesn't have problems.
Answer: Because it's there.
The basic principles of CSS look like this. 1. There are Things
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