"Jacob Carlborg" <d...@me.com> wrote in message news:jbgj74$2jff$3...@digitalmars.com... > On 2011-12-04 18:11, Nick Sabalausky wrote: >> Yea. I do appreciate how it's able to do so much with such simplicity (if >> you ignore the bizarre semicolon rules), but only in the same sense that >> I >> appreciate Brainfuck for the same reason. > > I hide JavaScript behind CoffeeScript, makes it a bit more usable. > > http://jashkenas.github.com/coffee-script/ >
I've looked at CoffeeScript, but the implicit declarations and indent-syntax are deal-breakers for me. Besides, for the most part, the syntax isn't one of my bigger issues with JS. It's more the semantics, type system, implementation issues, and DHTML abuse.