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Dev tools · December 2, 2022

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Civet the CoffeeScript of TypeScript v0.4.20

I've spent the past few months building a language that is 99% compatible with CoffeeScript and 99% compatible with TypeScript. Essentially a reimagined CoffeeScript for 2022 that finished ES6s partially completed features, adds TypeScript support, and keeps the niceties of CoffeeScript. Example features: - Const assignment shorthand user := getUser() --- const user = getUser() - Parens optional and braceless nesting if x > 0 return --- if (x > 0) { return } - &fn shorthand nums.map &+1 --- nums.map($=>$+1) And a heck-ton more: https://github.com/DanielXMoore/Civet A big…

Civet the CoffeeScript of TypeScript v0.4.20 launched on December 2, 2022 with 5 votes, #1,786 of 3,688 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches.

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I've spent the past few months building a language that is 99% compatible with CoffeeScript and 99% compatible with TypeScript. Essentially a reimagined CoffeeScript for 2022 that finished ES6s partially completed features, adds TypeScript support, and keeps the niceties of CoffeeScript. Example features: - Const…

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