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CoffeeScript vs Zsh (Z shell): 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, Zsh (Z shell) is detailed as "An extended Bourne shell with a large number of improvements". An interactive login shell, command interpreter and scripting language.
CoffeeScript belongs to "Languages" category of the tech stack, while Zsh (Z shell) can be primarily classified under "Shells".
CoffeeScript and Zsh (Z shell) are both open source tools. CoffeeScript with 15.2K GitHub stars and 1.99K forks on GitHub appears to be more popular than Zsh (Z shell) with 1.47K GitHub stars and 205 GitHub forks.
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 Zsh (Z shell)
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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
Cons of Zsh (Z shell)
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