Re:Comparing JavaScript, CoffeeScript & ClojureScript
by iamgilesbowkett on Thursday January 26, 2012 @05:54PM
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I'd call this interpretation indisputable unless I saw jashkenas himself disputing it. In many ways, CoffeeScript is just JavaScript, minus a whole ton of redundant key-tapping.
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Re:Comparing JavaScript, CoffeeScript & ClojureScript
by erichocean on Friday January 27, 2012 @01:10AM
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I have yet to find myself in a situation after 15 years of programming when the primary problem was "redundant key-tapping".
The more languages I learn, the less I care about syntax and the more I care about being able to express solutions to problems. In that respect, then, CoffeeScript has been no help to me whatsoever, since semantically, it's no different than JavaScript.