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devsquid on May 18, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: Silon – Adders and Logic Gates in Pure CSS

haha, thats a funny thought. I like CSS. I would love for it to have variables so I could consolidate changes and edit them via JS. Sorta like all the CSS-libraries.

o.o am i doing it??

robin_reala on May 19, 2015 | [–]

CSS does have variables: http://www.w3.org/TR/css-variables/

Of course, this being the web you’re somewhat limited in browser support: http://caniuse.com/#feat=css-variables

girvo on May 19, 2015 | [–]

I highly recommend checking out LESS -- even if you ignore all of it's features, being able to define variables alone is worth it :)

devsquid on May 19, 2015 | [–]

Yes i have been meaning too

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