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Re:“Node.js is one of the worst things to happen to the soft... by dozzie on Tuesday November 21, 2017 @06:39AM (#15747209)
> Node was the only ecosystem where everything was written with concurrency in mind.

Yes, sure, if you ignore all the other programming languages, like Erlang, which is older even than first hacked versions of JavaScript.

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Re:“Node.js is one of the worst things to happen to the soft... by zamber on Wednesday November 22, 2017 @07:44AM (#15756316)
JS was drafted in a week.

Node is a band aid on top of a tech stack that webdev is stuck with.

Node was done with concurrency in mind, JS wasn't.

Compare apples to apples:

How does Erlang's ecosystem stack up when it comes to concurrency? How does it compare to Node? Do you even care given your prejudices regarding JS?

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