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Re:CoffeeScript: less typing, bad readability by njharman on Monday September 17, 2012 @03:06PM (#4534264)
> "If you write terrible Coffeescript, it's hard to read"

No, it's "If a language that provides for many ways to write terrible code (incl many ways to write the same code), people will write hard to read code." For example if parens are required, it is impossible to "get clever" with not using them.

> A bad workman blames his tools

Great workmen evaluate and avoid bad tools.

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Re:CoffeeScript: less typing, bad readability by masklinn on Monday September 17, 2012 @03:11PM (#4534293)
> No, it's "If a language that provides for many ways to write terrible code (incl many ways to write the same code), people will write hard to read code."

A prime historical example being Perl. A second one being PHP.

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Re:CoffeeScript: less typing, bad readability by debacle on Monday September 17, 2012 @04:07PM (#4534592)
Perl is a great example because it is an amazing language with a horrible reputation that it mostly deserves.
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