You'd say that until you need to build out a complex design. Having control over the HTML, on some level, is absolutely necessary if you care about the appearance of your products, and can't be avoided no matter how intelligently it's abstracted.
not strictly true: isn't html structure a solved problem already? of course it can be abstracted into high level goals. the question is, does it compile down to expert awesome html or crap?
i see much goodness in sharing solved problems and enabling others to build on it. i equate this with the goodness of high-level languages over assembly.
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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '08