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HoLyVieR on June 10, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Try Haxe

What's the point of compiling to CoffeeScript when it compiles to JavaScript ?

jordanscales on June 10, 2012 | [–]

Because trendy technologies.

Avshalom on June 10, 2012 | | [–]

Coffeescript is webscale.

simonbrown on June 10, 2012 | | [–]

I guess it could be useful if you wanted to switch from HAXE to Coffeescript.

clemos on June 10, 2012 | [–]

It could be fun to have a CoffeeScript to Haxe converter, though.

tbergeron on June 11, 2012 | [–]

Infinite loop of compilation! Haha

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