Did we really reach the point where demonstration code can be presented in coffeescript without an equivalent javascript demo?
I actually wrote a bookmarklet a while back that would look for CoffeeScript snippets on a page and translate them for people who find it troublesome, but didn't end up doing much with it because I didn't feel like there was much interest.
$ echo 'process.stdout.write "Now with CS level #{1 + 2}!"' > foo.coffee
$ coffee foo.coffee
Now with CS level 3!
$it's not an apt comparison. You can directly write javascript and run it in your browser or in node (or test it out interactively in the node REPL).
I like to play with modules in node interactively (when relevant) because its easier to see what's going on and much easier to iterate (esp. in conjunction with the .load REPL command)
index.js:
require('coffee-script')
module.exports = require('app.coffee')https://github.com/deanmao/node-chimera/blob/master/example....