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Why use this over coffeescript?

• BasDirks 15y ago
  Agreed, CoffeeScript is much more extensive, and in most cases (from what I can see) prettier. Kaffeine piping seems cute though. Maybe the author could join forces with the CoffeeScript project? Note on CoffeeScript: it took me _one_ .coffee script to get used to the syntax, and I'm never ever gonna write vanilla JS again if possible.
  • weepy 15y ago
    Don't think that CoffeeScript is much more extensive - Kaffeine has most of the features. Other advantage is that the output Javascript is very similar to the input, unlike Coffee where there's various implied closures and magic T_T
    • BasDirks 15y ago
      I like the fact that CoffeeScript does some magic for me. I know exactly 'what' the magic does, and I don't mind CoffeeScript taking care of it for me.
      • alnayyir 15y ago
        Ruby dev eh? ;)
  • jashkenas 15y ago
    weepy is actually a contributor to CoffeeScript from the early days. Kaffeine represents his take on what a little language that targets JS should look like.
    • nibnab 15y ago
      I've often wondered what 'little' in the CoffeeScript tag line meant ? Do you mean that it's terse ?
• faceplant 15y ago
  a) does line-for-line output so it's easier to debug b) can handle normal JavaScript, so it melds with existing code c) progressive enhancement, adopt features at your own pace d) the option to shadow variables using var e) declared function support AFAIK the creator did work on CoffeeScript for a while but decided to go in a different direction. There are plenty of different alternative JavaScript dialects out there, from new ones like Kaffeine to ports of popular languages. http://altjs.org/ http://altjs.org/