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Re:Interview with Ryan Dahl, Creator of Node.js by jrs95 on Thursday August 31, 2017 @12:41PM (#15141563)
While you are sort of right, the non-blocking thing was basically necessary to get JS on the server working. And while he was focused on the I/O thing, he accomplished a lot of things by accident, including making a really convenient server platform for JS.
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Re:Interview with Ryan Dahl, Creator of Node.js by thehardsphere on Thursday August 31, 2017 @12:48PM (#15141626)
Right, but the whole reason for JS on the server was because JS had no I/O, so he could do the non-blocking thing.

JS on the server was the means, not the end.

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