Fun fact: Javascript was originally intented to have scheme-inspired syntax, until Sun marketing team decided that it should have Java-like syntax (and name). L

Fun fact: Javascript was originally intented to have scheme-inspired syntax, until Sun marketing team decided that it should have Java-like syntax (and name). Luckily the semantics survived. So in a sense CoffeeScript respects more the true origins of "javascript" with its everything-is-expression idiom. Personally, my strongest dislike with ES6 is its afterthought C-like syntax from 40 years ago. Nowadays, hardware is fast enough so that we don't need redundant {()}; hints for quick parsing, instead we should focus on human readability. I wish there was an editor plugin which enabled alternative syntax (without dividing the community). Syntax is really a reprentational layer thing, just like color theme, and should be personally customizable.