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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.

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.