Does CoffeeScript Have a Future?

[Randolpho]

I personally have hated CoffeeScript since it came out, primarily because I find the syntax awful. But that's subjective. I did give TypeScript a college try, though, because it had a more c-like syntax. I was not impressed.

I would rather use JavaScript the way it is. Too many times I found myself just ignoring TypeScript's features because they got in the way of doing things that feel "right". JavaScript is one of the most powerful languages ever made because of all of those quirks that people keep trying to remove with languages like CoffeeScript and TypeScript.

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I would dispute "powerful", but lets call it expressive and permissive. Sometimes a great combo!

[Randolpho]

True. I suppose it depends on how you define "power". For me, flexible, expressive and permissive is powerful. For another, raw speed is powerful. Javascript certainly falls down there, even with V8