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[ELPA] Update coffe-mode.el to latest version

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From: Philip Kaludercic <philipk <at> posteo.net>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
Cc: Justine Tunney <jtunney <at> gmail.com>, Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>, 14204 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>, Reuben Thomas <rrt <at> sc3d.org>
Subject: bug#14204: [ELPA] Update coffe-mode.el to latest version
Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2021 08:12:33 +0000

Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se> writes:

> Reuben Thomas <rrt <at> sc3d.org> writes:
>
>> At this stage, given that coffee-mode is unlikely to be that popular, I
>> think it's probably a waste of effort to try to get signatures from any
>> authors who haven't yet signed; so if there are authors who haven't, then
>> NonGNU ELPA is the right place to put it.
>
> I don't know much about CoffeeScript and web development in general, but
> I was searching online and found this assessment:
>
>     In summary, CoffeeScript began as a fantastic idea (making it easier
>     to write JavaScript code); ultimately, however, it didn’t stand the
>     test of time and was pushed out by JavaScript.

I am not sure if this is the case, or if it was pushed out by another
high-level JavaScript language, Microsoft's TypeScript. They appear to
have shared a common trajectory to their respective Electron editors
(CoffeeScript was used to write the now stagnating Atom, TypeScript was
used to write the currently popular VSCode).

On that topic, I have contacted the typescript-mode maintainers a while
back and they have agreed to distribute their package on NonGNU ELPA.

-- 
	Philip Kaludercic

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