[jondubois]

The real problem that CoffeeScript solves is developer stubbornness.

Some developers decided a long time ago that JavaScript is terrible and so CoffeeScript gave them a way to program in JavaScript without changing their minds about how terrible JavaScript is.

The reality is that it would have been easier if developers weren't so stubborn to begin with.

[rudolf0]

It would have been easier if JavaScript weren't so terrible to begin with.