Re:The switch: Python to Node.js
by therockhead on Sunday December 18, 2011 @11:23AM
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Would you mind explaining "the Erlang guys have fired round after round into their own feet"?
They had, years ago, a clearly superior platform for event-driven programming (none of these weird callbacks). They have more or less failed to capitalize on it in terms of getting mainstream traction.
Here's some of what I think is wrong with Erlang:
http://journal.dedasys.com/2007/09/22/erlang
Several years ago, it was getting some "early hype noises", but sort of sputtered and bounced and never got off the runway.
I think that pquerna has some pretty good ideas about how "real servers" work, but leaving that be, you could actually explain what's wrong with the system, rather than attack the people.
Having some Erlang experience myself, I can find plenty not to like about node.js. However, the Erlang guys have fired round after round into their own feet to the point where even if it's inferior, node.js has probably already surpassed Erlang for many server tasks.