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Re:From Node.js To Go, Why One Startup Made The Switch by ilaksh on Sunday June 01, 2014 @01:48AM (#7828294)
If you are looking for an alternative to Node check out Nimrod. If you just don't like nested callbacks in Node then check out ToffeeScript.

FYI Node is actually compiled so it might perform better than you think. Also it has threads with the module webworker-threads. Node is kind of memory hungry.

Nimrod lets you write clean Pythonish code that is as fast as C and even can interface extremely easily with C libraries if necessary.

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Re:From Node.js To Go, Why One Startup Made The Switch by andybak on Sunday June 01, 2014 @03:21AM (#7828444)
Nimrod looks quite interesting but the tutorial has a disturbing penchant for ugly variable names and dune horrific use of Hungarian notation.

If it's hoping to lure in Pythonistas then there are a few strange aesthetic choices in there.

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Re:From Node.js To Go, Why One Startup Made The Switch by rohamg on Sunday June 01, 2014 @01:56AM (#7828303)
Nimrod is not even at 1.0; not an option for a production scale application.
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