CoffeeScript: less typing, bad readability

Re:CoffeeScript: less typing, bad readability by luriel on Monday September 17, 2012 @04:44PM (#4534784)

Magic overdose.

Compare with Go, where you can easily read the whole spec and keep the whole language in your head: http://golang.org/ref/spec

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Re:CoffeeScript: less typing, bad readability by deafbybeheading on Tuesday September 18, 2012 @02:18AM (#4536646)

Go is an excellent contrast. Not only is the syntax spartan, but--especially if you include the built-in formatter gofmt--it has a fascist insistence on a uniform coding style. I don't agree with all its stylistic decisions, but I'd rather live with them and have consistency than run into corner cases and gotchas.

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Re:CoffeeScript: less typing, bad readability by masklinn on Tuesday September 18, 2012 @02:14AM (#4536635)

I would not consider a 62 pages spec possible to "keep in your head", let alone easily.

The "The Smalltalk Language" section of the last ANSI Smalltalk draft is a more reasonable 28 pages.

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