[ghayes]

If you look at this rationally, it's actually pretty sane. It's just very simple JavaScript OOP inline with translated code. Even more beautiful is the output of modules:

     module Run
       def run
         puts "I am running!"
       end
     end

     module Jump
       def jump
         puts "I am jumping!"
       end
     end

     class Foo
       include Run
       include Jump
     end

     mario = Foo.new
     mario.run
     mario.jump

translates to:

     (function() {
       var __opal = Opal, self = __opal.top, __scope = __opal, nil = __opal.nil, __breaker = __opal.breaker, __slice = __opal.slice, __module = __opal.module, __klass = __opal.klass;
  
     	// Define Mario
     	var mario = nil;
  
     	// Javascript "Run" class
     	(function(__base){
         // line 2, (file), module Run
         function Run() {};
         Run = __module(__base, "Run", Run);
         var Run_prototype = Run.prototype, __scope = Run._scope;

         Run_prototype.$run = function() {
      
           return this.$puts("I am running!");
         }
             ;Run._donate(["$run"]);
       })(self);

     	// Javascript "Jump" class
       (function(__base){
         // line 8, (file), module Jump
         function Jump() {};
         Jump = __module(__base, "Jump", Jump);
         var Jump_prototype = Jump.prototype, __scope = Jump._scope;

         Jump_prototype.$jump = function() {
      
           return this.$puts("I am jumping!");
         }
             ;Jump._donate(["$jump"]);
       })(self);

     	// JavaScript "Foo" class
       (function(__base, __super){
         // line 14, (file), class Foo
         function Foo() {};
         Foo = __klass(__base, __super, "Foo", Foo);

         var Foo_prototype = Foo.prototype, __scope = Foo._scope;

     	 // $include Run / Jump
         Foo.$include(__scope.Run);
         return Foo.$include(__scope.Jump);
       })(self, null);

     	// The ruby executing code translation
       mario = __scope.Foo.$new();
       mario.$run();
       return mario.$jump();
     })();

[sic1]

While we are posting contrived examples. What was ever wrong with this?

    var Foo = function() {};

    Foo.prototype.jump = function() {
        return "I jump."
    };

    Foo.prototype.run = function() {
        return "I run."
    };

    var mario = new Foo();
    mario.run();
    mario.jump();

I can't imagine that opal code running nearly as fast as javascript. And if we are waving around compiled js - coffeescript does a much better job of being readable. You just black-boxed the whole thing. I like to know what is happening with my js.

Cool for the rubyist in you i guess. I just kinda go o_0