CSS isn't "like" a programming language. It is a programming language.
It's just not one based on states, mutability, and variables. Even the things that use the `var` keyword are constants, not variables.
(But then, don't read that as being against scoped rules. The fact that all rules are global to the document is bad. We can emulate scopes with specific selectors, but that's the kind of thing a language is supposed to help with.)
I’m dumb and don’t understand the distinction you’re making.
elem.style.setProperty(‘—var-name’, newValue);
… will set a new value for the “constant”. The element will rerender with the new value. You can animate/automate these changes and the element will continue to rerebder with the updated value.
To me, that justifies the name “variable” from the perspective of the CSS.
It's just not one based on states, mutability, and variables. Even the things that use the `var` keyword are constants, not variables.
(But then, don't read that as being against scoped rules. The fact that all rules are global to the document is bad. We can emulate scopes with specific selectors, but that's the kind of thing a language is supposed to help with.)