The part I found interesting was:
"However, we don’t want CoffeeScript’s ->, it’s confusing to have two arrows and dynamic this binding is an oft-fired footgun."
"However, we don’t want CoffeeScript’s ->, it’s confusing to have two arrows and dynamic this binding is an oft-fired footgun."
Out-of-band info from here:
https://twitter.com/brendaneich/status/186156717506166784
https://twitter.com/brendaneich/status/186160406300082176
To me, writing 'this' as part of the parameter list for methods is more confusing than having a second arrow operator.