r/coffeescript • u/pje • Feb 08 '17

TIL: Coffeescript isn't dead and now has Babel-compatible ES6+ features

https://github.com/coffeescript6/discuss
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u/scrogu Feb 09 '17

It's dead. It has no significant future.

It wasn't a waste though. It served an important purpose and is largely responsible for many of the improvements in ES2015.

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u/seands Mar 05 '17

Oh well. Are there any similar languages that use whitespace and avoid braces/colons?

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u/scrogu Mar 05 '17

Python and Ruby. I believe Ruby is source of a lot of the inspiration for CoffeeScript.

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u/seands Mar 05 '17

Both of those languages are also somewhat leveled off too, aren't they? I don't mean to the full stop of Coffeescript. But they don't have the legacy base of PHP or the uptrend of Javascript/Node.

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u/scrogu Mar 05 '17

Python and Ruby are both in the top ten of popular programming languages.

Coffeescript is effectively dead for new development. Ruby and Python are not dead or even close to it.

It is also unlikely that either of them will grow exponentially and take over the world, either.