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wtf coffeescript. What is the point of that?

• goldbrick 11y ago
  It's what ruby does and coffeescript is basically an exercise in making js more like ruby.
• matthewmacleod 11y ago
  This is a deliberate design decision in CoffeeScript – "everything is an expression" (see http://coffeescript.org/#expressions http://coffeescript.org/#expressions). This is probably as a result of CoffeeScript's Ruby-esque syntax and semantics. It does mean you can write some very clear and succinct code at times, but the tradeoff is that it can have unforeseen performance implications.