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Relevant is this blog post: http://johnbender.us/2012/11/27/math-envy-and-coffeescripts-foibles/ http://johnbender.us/2012/11/27/math-envy-and-coffeescripts-..

Relevant is this blog post: http://johnbender.us/2012/11/27/math-envy-and-coffeescripts-foibles/ http://johnbender.us/2012/11/27/math-envy-and-coffeescripts-... The gist of it is that Coffeescript's syntax is fragile, and a more careful design could avoid these issues. Also, can we erase the word "transpile" from our vocabulary, please? It has no meaning beyond that of "compile" and so, like Coffescript's syntax, adds complexity and confusion where none is needed.

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raganwald 13y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source-to-source_compiler https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source-to-source_compiler Actually, it does have a meaning. Transcompilers are compilers that compile one language to another language at a similar level of abstraction.