# Could updating the DOM directly instead of the virtual dom get any advantage for elm? (the way it does for svelte)

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**Created:** [July 15, 2019, 8:25pm UTC](https://discourse.elm-lang.org/t/could-updating-the-dom-directly-instead-of-the-virtual-dom-get-any-advantage-for-elm-the-way-it-does-for-svelte/3995 "2019-07-15T20:25:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![dmy](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.elm-lang.org/dmy/32/702_2.png) [@dmy](https://discourse.elm-lang.org/u/dmy)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2019, 9:03am UTC](https://discourse.elm-lang.org/t/could-updating-the-dom-directly-instead-of-the-virtual-dom-get-any-advantage-for-elm-the-way-it-does-for-svelte/3995/10 "2019-07-26T09:03:57Z")

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I see. Thank you. I didn’t take the time to understand how Svelte works.

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