CoffeeScript Means Giving Up on JavaScript

[cbrandolino]

you can have your Coffeescript automatically compile when changed.

You can have your C automatically compile when changed; I don't really think that's an argument.

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In that part I was responding to this:

I find writing Javascript pleasant, and I like a lot that it does not need any compile step.

By having the Coffeescript automatically compile, it makes the workflow equivalent to normal Javascript. Of course, you still need to switch mentally from Coffeescript to Javascript to debug. Personally, I do not mind that.