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Re:CoffeeScript is not a language worth learning by wwweston on Monday December 19, 2011 @02:12PM (#3370706)
Of course they do; it's the same semantics under the hood. CS is mostly different tokens plus some sugary shortcuts.

That doesn't mean that it's not OK to prefer it over JavaScript (or vice versa) if you find those differences make you happier about coding in it.

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Re:CoffeeScript is not a language worth learning by FranklinChen on Monday December 19, 2011 @04:01PM (#3371126)
Exactly what I was saying in my blog post: that it's all OK, and everyone should just get along already.
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