Java > Scala -> new thread: GUI for D

[Jacob Carlborg]

On 2011-12-04 21:13, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
> "Jacob Carlborg"<doob at me.com>  wrote in message
> news:jbgj74$2jff$3 at digitalmars.com...
>> On 2011-12-04 18:11, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
>>> Yea. I do appreciate how it's able to do so much with such simplicity (if
>>> you ignore the bizarre semicolon rules), but only in the same sense that
>>> I
>>> appreciate Brainfuck for the same reason.
>>
>> I hide JavaScript behind CoffeeScript, makes it a bit more usable.
>>
>> http://jashkenas.github.com/coffee-script/
>>
>
> I've looked at CoffeeScript, but the implicit declarations and indent-syntax
> are deal-breakers for me. Besides, for the most part, the syntax isn't one
> of my bigger issues with JS. It's more the semantics, type system,
> implementation issues, and DHTML abuse.

I really like the syntax, specially since Ruby is my favorite language 
next to D, they both have a similar syntax (CS and Ruby). I really like 
that it adds a class based object model, the prototype based object 
model is just weird. Now all JS libraries have their own way of 
declaring classes, it seems like everyone actually wants a class based 
object model.

But the problem remains, CoffeeScript compiles to JavaScript so you are 
still limited by JS.

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/Jacob Carlborg