It sounds like CoffeeScript violates the principle of least surprise [1] for you (and me too.) On the other hand, when I use a language like C# (whose author is

It sounds like CoffeeScript violates the principle of least surprise [1] for you (and me too.) On the other hand, when I use a language like C# (whose author is also behind TypeScript) I often find myself thinking "it should work this way" and then finding out is does work that way. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principle_of_least_astonishment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principle_of_least_astonishmen...