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Reason to use Node.js on the server without liking Javascript: I like the framework. Framework != language (or at least it should be).

I think the tools fill different purposes, so integration with JSIL is absolutely a possibility in the future. I did not do any speed comparisons, I just translate what you write i…

SharpKit is only free as long as you want to use it for projects that don't need it (the limit is like 2k lines or something). When I last tried it I was not very happy with the co…

Java has been said to be a DSL to convert XML configuration into stack traces. But what does this have to do with compiling C# to Javascript?

Why would I want to use the proprietary Roslyn when I have a working solution with the open-source NRefactory and Cecil?

for (;;), continue and switch.

That's right, it doesn't get horrific until you use goto or yield (which don't exist in Javascript so they have to be emulated).

But all those commits are, unfortunately, tiny. Also the compiler is not open-source only the runtime library (which Saltarelle uses a modified copy of).

JSIL is also great, but its philosophy is that yo write .net code and run it in the browser, whereas Saltarelle's (and Script#'s) is that you write Javascript but with better tools…

Saltarelle is way more complete, though.

It comes with metadata for jQuery and jQueryUI, so obviously those libs can be used. I know of people using Node as well (and I hope to include that import lib in the distribution …

You can use the Chrome debugger just as if you had written the Javascript directly.

Actually, debugging is quite simple. The generated script (unless minified) is very similar to the input code. Are you also against other options such as CoffeeScript? And do you t…