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This compiles to javascript ... whats the problem?

• dudus 14y ago
  The problem is that the main benefit is a misdirection (syntax similar to javascript), on top of that this doesn't add anything different than coffee script or Dart already does. This is a language without a proposal just to keep microsoft in the game. Since Google and Mozilla have a javascript alternative we need one too
  • encoderer 14y ago
    Oh, please. So because of Dart -- which isn't exactly storming the internet and converting developers -- this is some lame Microsoft me-too attempt? Look at the ecosystem! How many JS Frameworks? Variety is good.
  • spicyj 14y ago
    Mozilla has a JS alternative? I wish that http://www.rust-lang.org http://www.rust-lang.org compiled to JS but it doesn't.
  • kenjackson 14y ago
    This is very different than my understanding of coffee script and dart in that it is a superset of JS. This means you can incrementally make use of and learn it. MS came with a different approach. Rather than recreating the language of the web they asked how they van make it better.
  • MatthewPhillips 14y ago
    I'm pretty sure Anders Hejlsberg isn't a shill for corporate strategists.