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diff --git a/coffeescript.html.markdown b/coffeescript.html.markdown index 89a29677..2aae6966 100644 --- a/coffeescript.html.markdown +++ b/coffeescript.html.markdown @@ -6,15 +6,17 @@ contributors: filename: coffeescript.coffee --- -CoffeeScript is a little language that compiles one-to-one into the equivalent JavaScript, and there is no interpretation at runtime. -As one of the successors to JavaScript, CoffeeScript tries its best to output readable, pretty-printed and smooth-running JavaScript code, which works well in every JavaScript runtime. +CoffeeScript is a little language that compiles one-to-one into the equivalent +JavaScript, and there is no interpretation at runtime. As one of the successors +to JavaScript, CoffeeScript tries its best to output readable, pretty-printed +and smooth-running JavaScript code, which works well in every JavaScript runtime. +It also attempts to try and make JavaScript more in line with the trends of many +modern languages. See also [the CoffeeScript website](http://coffeescript.org/), which has a complete tutorial on CoffeeScript. ```coffeescript -# CoffeeScript is a hipster language. -# It goes with the trends of many modern languages. -# So comments are like Ruby and Python, they use number symbols. +# Comments are similar to Ruby and Python, using the hash symbol `#` ### Block comments are like these, and they translate directly to '/ *'s and '* /'s |