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by conanite 5115 days ago
Hey, it has macros! But it doesn't compile to coffeescript ... yet ...

http://haxe.org/manual/macros
2 comments
HoLyVieR 5115 days ago
What's the point of compiling to CoffeeScript when it compiles to JavaScript ?
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prezjordan 5115 days ago
Because trendy technologies.
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Avshalom 5115 days ago
Coffeescript is webscale.
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simonbrown 5114 days ago
I guess it could be useful if you wanted to switch from HAXE to Coffeescript.
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clemos 5114 days ago
It could be fun to have a CoffeeScript to Haxe converter, though.
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tbergeron 5114 days ago
Infinite loop of compilation! Haha
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pdenya 5115 days ago
What would you do after compiling to coffeescript other than compile to javascript? It's not like you can persist changes that you make to the compiled coffeescript result between compiles.
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