I disagree that any language that "compiles" into another language can be considered an "alternative." I'm not bashing CoffeeScript; I haven't played with it m

I disagree that any language that "compiles" into another language can be considered an "alternative." I'm not bashing CoffeeScript; I haven't played with it much and don't know enough about it say anything one way or the other; but at the end of the day, the result is still Javascript.