http://simonwillison.net/2008-08-06T00:13:55+00:00Simon Willison2008-08-06T00:13:55+00:002008-08-06T00:13:55+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2008/Aug/6/cssvariables/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://www.w3.org/People/Bos/CSS-variables">Why &quot;variables&quot; in CSS are harmful</a></strong></p> Bert Bos thinks constants or macros in CSS will make it harder to learn. I personally think that the problem with CSS isn’t the learning curve, it’s how difficult it is to maintain later—and I see macros as a great way of reducing that maintainability burden. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/bert-bos">bert-bos</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/css">css</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/cssconstants">cssconstants</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/maintainability">maintainability</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/css-custom-properties">css-custom-properties</a></p>