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Why do people keep throwing around the idea that "X tool is Y times faster than React?" Last I checked no one was claiming React is super fast and I don't know anyone who uses it for its speed. It just seems like such a strange thing. It's like building a new car and claiming it's 100 times faster than riding a horse.

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Virtual DOMs were pretty much invented while searching for a way to get higher rendering speeds. Just google "virtual dom speed".

If only horses existed, and you were the first to make a car, would it not be an apt comparison? With performance at 100k renderings per second you don't need to care about keeping the view in sync anymore?

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