Has anyone wondered how similar in spirit React is to the way html and js were originally meant to be written (with embedded callbacks, e.g. `&lt;a href=bla onClick=&#x27;myfynction&gt;`)? Isn&#x27;t the `a` in some sense a React component with explicit and local state changes, only missing a explicit render? Theoretically one could build on top of this to make Angular&#x2F;React style custom components without the need to re-invent state management code.<p>Of course, I am missing many good features of React (due to my lack of understanding, as I am not a front end developer), but at least conceptually one could argue the original idea was there all along. Perhaps the real power of React lies in the excellent diff algorithm they came up with. Any thoughts?