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How HN took it
2 positive, 3 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 3 critical, out of 8 comments about the project. Thread score -0.22.
Execution: 0 for, 2 againstIdea: 2 for, 0 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Neat idea and good competition for compilers
From 3 comments
This is a really neat idea, and I'm definitely going to look into this more when I have time, but I have a small nit to pick. print(...) is a common debugging, or output call in…
tjarratt on HNThis would be fantastic to write validation code, because the same code can be used on both the server and client sides. Thanks endian for sharing this with us, I can't wait to…
plinio_silva on HNBetter way of writing javascript (just like coffe script). You can embed this in a web app and write your client-side code in python-syntax. Would work specially well if you…
hasenj on HN
Objections
Python and JavaScript differ enough that docs and scaffolding are needed
From 2 comments
I think that python is sufficiently different from javascript that you'll need to provide your own documentation beyond explaining the transformation. Coffeescript is mostly just…
jiaaro on HNI wrote one of these for a project. The trouble is that to write functioning python code, even for just the primitives, you have to add a lot of extra scaffolding. I eventually…
JeffJenkins on HN
print() may not work in all browsers or server-side JS
From 1 comment
This is a really neat idea, and I'm definitely going to look into this more when I have time, but I have a small nit to pick. print(...) is a common debugging, or output call in…
tjarratt on HN
Requests
Document which Python features count as syntax versus runtime
From 1 comment
I guess defining what you consider syntax features vs. Python language/runtime would be appropriate for the docs. ie. 2 * * 1024? print object.__mro__? slice objects? __call__?…
s3graham on HN
Questions
Which use cases is this compiler helpful for
From 1 comment
For which use cases this compiler would be helpful? I believe python and JavaScript are typically used for different purposes. That being said, it looks fantastic. :) Disclaimer…
random42 on HN
Alternatives named
CoffeeScript
From 2 comments
I think that python is sufficiently different from javascript that you'll need to provide your own documentation beyond explaining the transformation. Coffeescript is mostly just…
jiaaro on HNAt first blush, I'd say this similar to Coffeescript in that it's meant to be javascript shorthand also.
s3graham on HN
Pyvascript
From 1 comment
I built something similar a while back (guess it's been in use for about two years now -- built it to support my company's product): http://github.com/daeken/Pyvascript Key…
daeken on HN
Pyjamas
From 1 comment
I wrote one of these for a project. The trouble is that to write functioning python code, even for just the primitives, you have to add a lot of extra scaffolding. I eventually…
JeffJenkins on HN
pythonicjavascript
From 1 comment
A more conservative (i.e. closer to the generated javascript) approach is pythonicjavascript (http://code.google.com/p/pythonicjavascript/). Personally I prefer making Javascript…
reinhardt on HN
prettyscript
From 1 comment
Here's my thing like this for Ruby: http://github.com/jedediah/prettyscript I abandoned it when CoffeeScript appeared, but you might find something interesting there.
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