On: CoffeeScript is not a language worth learning

[FranklinChen]

I still believe that people love or hate CoffeeScript mainly because of the differences in syntax: http://franklinchen.com/blog/2011/11/06/the-real-reason-for-...

[wwweston → FranklinChen]

Of course they do; it's the same semantics under the hood. CS is mostly different tokens plus some sugary shortcuts.

That doesn't mean that it's not OK to prefer it over JavaScript (or vice versa) if you find those differences make you happier about coding in it.

[FranklinChen → wwweston]

Exactly what I was saying in my blog post: that it's all OK, and everyone should just get along already.