There's also a third reason: it's very easy to see what CoffeeScript compiles to - the JavaScript source is easy enough to read and comprehend - and that behavi

There's also a third reason: it's very easy to see what CoffeeScript compiles to - the JavaScript source is easy enough to read and comprehend - and that behaviour is well documented. Most of the times I'm looking at CoffeeScript to just figure out what it compiles to!