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it solves a lot of the problems that CoffeeScript is trying to solve without drastic syntax changes. I cannot speak to authorial intent, but for me the majorit
by zerker2000 12y ago
it solves a lot of the problems that CoffeeScript is trying to solve without drastic syntax changes.
I cannot speak to authorial intent, but for me the majority of the problems CoffeeScript(and moreso LiveScript) solves are syntax ones.
- orf 12y agoSame, if I squint a little I'm just writing Python that runs in the browser.
- acjohnson55 12y agoES6 solves many of those same problems that required overly verbose or awkward ES5 syntax. Things like basic this-preserving closures, collection extraction, and so forth. Same problems, similar but less radical solution in ES6 vs. CS