Is there anything like CoffeeScript for PHP?

Question

PHP interpreters are very common, but the PHP syntax & libraries are inconsistent & cumbersome (IMO, of course). I think a language that compiles into PHP but provid

Answer 1

@gosukiwi made Blueberry, which looks like this:

/* 
 I'm a multiline comment
*/

a = 1 # variable definition

# you can use JSON syntax to define associative arrays
arr = { "name": "Mike", "age": 18, "meta": { "items": [1, 2, 3] } }

if a == 1
  echo("Hello, World!")
end

for i in (0..10)
  echo(i)
end

class MyClass < MyParentClass
  @name

  def Greet
    echo("Hello! My name is " & @name)
  end
end

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