Make a simple HTML5 game using Box2d in JavaScript
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[1] http://danielribeiro.github.com/ClojureCoffeeScriptGame/
[2] http://danielribeiro.github.com/ClojureCoffeeScriptGame/cloj...
[3] http://metaphysicaldeveloper.wordpress.com/2011/08/28/clojur...
Also the jump feels off.
Every port is either a bunch of Regular expressions run against the ActionScript source, or a wacky hand port of a version several years out of date. In either case, as soon as you plug it into anything more complicated than the Hello World demos it starts demonstrating in myriad wacky ways that nobody must have ever tried using it on a real project. I keep checking back, doing the rounds of GitHub and the web in general every couple months hoping in vain that somebody will have put something good out, but thus far no luck.
And of course, I'm part of the problem, complaining about the situation but not actually downloading the ActionScript source myself and putting together a decent port.
In general I agree with your assessment though.
if you have an interest in building sims for education, explore APPynotebook:)