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Re:Announcing TypeScript 3.0 by tinco on Monday July 30, 2018 @03:37PM (#17647309)
If CoffeeScript didn't have arrow functions, I don't think ES6 would have had arrow functions.

CoffeeScript had this mix of language features I think any language aficionado could have picked up at the time. It was just crazily succesful, no doubt due to its flawless execution by Jeremy Ashkenas.

Re:Announcing TypeScript 3.0 by pjmlp on Monday July 30, 2018 @04:48PM (#17647885)
I really haven't noticed any mark of its success on the German job market.