Erm... no, it's assignment. At least according to the documentation: http://jashkenas.github.com/coffee-script/#assignment http://jashkenas.github.com/coffee-

Erm... no, it's assignment. At least according to the documentation: http://jashkenas.github.com/coffee-script/#assignment http://jashkenas.github.com/coffee-script/#assignment At any rate, I was just curious. To me, x = 1 looks more intuitive than: x: 1 But that's just my personal preference.