CSON is an interesting alternative to JSON, using coffeescript. Comments! https://github.com/bevry/cson (especially if you're already using cs)
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@cwebber@octodon.social Thanks. I completely understand: I'm super hesitant to critique in public.
I think syntax pivots are incredibly hard. When I learnt coffeescript I occasionally had to look at the compiled JS to understand the syntax. Somehow the JS felt more 'real' (and wasn't whitespace sensitive).
Small syntax changes are much easier: just give the user an autofix script for their programs.
Emacs lisp, Python, Rust, Coffeescript, JS, C++, ASM, Smalltalk (descending LOC) #code2015 Here's to a multi paradigm 2016!
'Why I'm Ditching CoffeeScript': http://t.co/uvhisjNrA5 Interesting discussion of array length caching gotchas in CS.