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CoffeeScript

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CoffeeScript is a programming language that transcompiles to JavaScript. It adds syntactic sugar inspired by Ruby, Python and Haskell in an effort to improve the brevity and readability of JavaScript, and its specific added features include list comprehension and pattern matching. The Programming Language Database dates it to 2009, credits Jeremy Ashkenas as its creator, and records that it is developed on GitHub, where its repository had about sixteen thousand stars when the page was written. The same entry lists Haskell, JavaScript, Perl, Python, Ruby, LiveScript, Elm, Haxe, Dart and TypeScript among its related languages, and shows that it compiles to JavaScript.

Facts
First Released
2009 1
Popularity Band
Top 50 1
Connections

Follows Typing Discipline

Dynamic Typing, Concepts
Source CoffeeScript (Wikipedia)

In Field

Programming Language Theory, Fields
Source Programming Language Database (PLDB): CoffeeScript

Influenced By

Haskell, Programming Languages
Source CoffeeScript (Wikipedia)
Python, Programming Languages
Source CoffeeScript (Wikipedia)
Ruby, Programming Languages
Source CoffeeScript (Wikipedia)

Invented By

Jeremy Ashkenas, Pioneers
Source Programming Language Database (PLDB): CoffeeScript

Licensed Under

MIT License, Concepts
Source CoffeeScript (Wikipedia)
Sources
1. Programming Language Database (PLDB): CoffeeScript
  • PLDB entry header sentence
    CoffeeScript is an open source programming language created in 2009 by Jeremy Ashkenas.
  • Rank line
    #28 on PLDB
  • In Field: Programming Language Theory, PLDB entry description
    CoffeeScript is a programming language that transcompiles to JavaScript.
  • Invented By: Jeremy Ashkenas, Page lead
    CoffeeScript is an open source programming language created in 2009 by Jeremy Ashkenas
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CoffeeScript (Wikipedia)
  • Licensed Under: MIT License, Infobox: license
    MIT
  • Follows Typing Discipline: Dynamic Typing, Infobox: typing
    Dynamic, implicit
  • Influenced By: Ruby, Introduction
    It adds syntactic sugar inspired by Ruby, Python, and Haskell in an effort to enhance JavaScript's brevity and readability.
  • Influenced By: Python, Introduction
    It adds syntactic sugar inspired by Ruby, Python, and Haskell in an effort to enhance JavaScript's brevity and readability.
  • Influenced By: Haskell, Introduction
    It adds syntactic sugar inspired by Ruby, Python, and Haskell in an effort to enhance JavaScript's brevity and readability.
  • In Group: Web Scripting Languages, Lead
    CoffeeScript is a programming language that compiles to JavaScript.
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