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I'm guessing that the only reason CoffeeScript embraces Javascript is for debugging. I wonder whether CoffeeScript embraces JavaScript is because its author, j
by raganwald 15y ago
I'm guessing that the only reason CoffeeScript embraces Javascript is for debugging.
I wonder whether CoffeeScript embraces JavaScript is because its author, jashkenas, likes JavaScript’s semantics. he has created several extremely useful JavaScript tools and has described JavaScript using words like “gorgeous."
- iamgilesbowkett 15y agoI'd call this interpretation indisputable unless I saw jashkenas himself disputing it. In many ways, CoffeeScript is just JavaScript, minus a whole ton of redundant key-tapping.
- erichocean 15y agoI have yet to find myself in a situation after 15 years of programming when the primary problem was "redundant key-tapping". The more languages I learn, the less I care about syntax and the more I care about being able to express solutions to problems. In that respect, then, CoffeeScript has been no help to me whatsoever, since semantically, it's no different than JavaScript.