[ffn]

It's also possible folks will continue forking and improving CoffeeScript so that it keeps up with future releases of vanilla js (which is actually what I hope will continue to happen). Folks like me who come from a Ruby / Python background really don't like brackets and declaring variables, so things like Coffeescript, LiveScript, CoCo, etc. are wonderful tools even despite their occasional moments of weakness.

That being said, you're absolutely right, folks who write in Coffee should also absolutely eventually learn all the tips and tricks behind vanilla js also if they don't want to be bogged down.

[smrtinsert]

I almost feel like the coffeescript variants are where the action is.

[berfarah]

Care to list some? I'm always interested in seeing what's out there

[Lazare]

The big one is probably LiveScript. I feel like it removes some of CoffeeScripts rough edges (the big one is the scoping rules; in LiveScript you have to use := to modify a variable in in outer scope).

[k__]

Yes, but they slowed down...

The LS2 issues are from years ago and nothing is happening.