[mikealrogers]

you know, it's really frustrating how reasonable you always are :)

your expectations with coffeescript have always been great and in line with reality.

i think the frustration isaacs, and myself, have had with many other coffeescript users is that they expect us to take on the work of supporting it to the same degree we support development in javascript.

you have to understand that the purpose of the "javascript is assembly" mantra is to give the impression that writing applications in javascript is a waste of effort compared to using a JS-to language. it infers that there is an order of magnitude difference, which is why isaacs is calling out that it is not.

the mantra is very common when asking for others to do more work to accomodate coffeescript programmers. it gives the impression that our resistance to doing the work is because we all have grey neck beards and expect others to live in the dark ages of programming with curly braces.

C++ can be a "worthwhile difference" over C for some people. others hate it. it's a much more realistic comparison.

if everyone using coffeescript had your demeanor and expectations our world would be a much better place.