“Node.js is one of the worst things to happen to the software industry” (2012)

Re:“Node.js is one of the worst things to happen to the soft... by thomasfoster96 on Tuesday August 23, 2016 @07:54AM (#12342931)

I think the point of the metaphor was that 'the best programming language for the job' is often rather subjective.

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Re:“Node.js is one of the worst things to happen to the soft... by hueving on Tuesday August 23, 2016 @08:21AM (#12343083)

Oh? Could I subjectivly suggest that Javascript would be appropriate for a system with hard real time requirements or formal verification requirements?

Sometimes using a band saw to conduct brain surgery is just completely wrong.

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Re:“Node.js is one of the worst things to happen to the soft... by thomasfoster96 on Tuesday August 23, 2016 @08:56AM (#12343313)

"often subjective" != "always subjective"

It's pretty clear that COBOL would be a bad choice to write a multiplayer online game, and that JavaScript would be a bad choice for an operating system.

As for the far far more common scenario (the one I had in mind) of choosing whether one of Ruby, Python or Node.js might be better for a certain project, the choice between the three is often going to be fairly subjective. You could solve a lot of problems in all three quite well. Trying to decide which one is objectively the "best" is often a waste of time that could be spent actually solving the problem at hand.

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