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> Tree shaking still isn't that great or widely available

This sounds like an opinion based on the state of web development a decade ago.

In 2020 on the other hand the Google Closure Compiler has been a mature project for years, and even projects not explicitly focused on dead code elimination (bundlers like Webpack and Rollup) do a decently thorough job of cutting out unnecessary code with the right plugins.



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