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CoffeeScript vs Vala: What are the differences?
Developers describe CoffeeScript as "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. On the other hand, Vala is detailed as "An object-oriented programming language". It is a programming language using modern high level abstractions without imposing additional runtime requirements and without using a different ABI compared to applications and libraries written in C.
CoffeeScript and Vala can be primarily classified as "Languages" tools.
CoffeeScript is an open source tool with 15.3K GitHub stars and 2K GitHub forks. Here's a link to CoffeeScript's open source repository on GitHub.
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
Pros of Vala
- Fast as C1
- Easy sintax simular to C#/Java with sugar from Pyrthon1
- Much easier to do Concurrent/Parallel vs C/C++1
- Productive1
- ARC instead of GC, which is able not only to delete obj1
- The only lang that allows you to create safe OOP wraps1
- With GIR/SWIG u can call vala from any lang1
- Easy learning curve if you're coming from C lang1
- Very documented. valadoc.org1
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Cons of CoffeeScript
- No ES63
- Corner cases in syntax1
- Parentheses required in 0-ary function calls1
- Unclear what will be grouped to {…}1