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CoffeeScript vs Chicken Scheme: What are the differences?
What is CoffeeScript? Unfancy JavaScript. CoffeeScript is a little language that compiles into JavaScript. Underneath that awkward Java-esque patina, JavaScript has always had a gorgeous heart. CoffeeScript is an attempt to expose the good parts of JavaScript in a simple way.
What is Chicken Scheme? A programming language, specifically a compiler and interpreter. Fast implementation of Scheme programming languge, which compiles directly to C.
CoffeeScript and Chicken Scheme can be categorized as "Languages" tools.
CoffeeScript and Chicken Scheme are both open source tools. CoffeeScript with 15.3K GitHub stars and 2K forks on GitHub appears to be more popular than Chicken Scheme with 77 GitHub stars and 3 GitHub forks.
Pros of Chicken Scheme
Pros of CoffeeScript
- Easy to read199
- Faster to write179
- Syntactic sugar126
- Readable104
- Elegant104
- Pretty73
- Javascript the good parts53
- Open source48
- Classes44
- "it's just javascript"35
- Compact code16
- Easy15
- Simple13
- Not Javascript13
- Does the same with less code2
- I'm jobs I'm software engineer1
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Cons of Chicken Scheme
Cons of CoffeeScript
- No ES63
- Corner cases in syntax1
- Parentheses required in 0-ary function calls1
- Unclear what will be grouped to {…}1