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		redox99 on July 30, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I miss the programmable web (2021) Why is "dead code elimination" more proper than tree shaking? Is CSS even "code"?

TOGoS on July 31, 2022 [–]

Dead Code Elimination is the goal. Tree Shaking is just one technique to achieve that goal.

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