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Node.js errors – to crash or not to crash

I had an interesting discussion with a fellow developer last week and would like to expand that discussion here. Essentially we were discussing the sometimes-heard advice that, when coding NodeJS applications, if the app encounters a an error of significance, it is more advisable to crash and restart. What an error of significance is could/should be debatable. But have any other NodeJS...

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Optimization algorithms and functional JavaScript

Collecting readings on efficient production ready algorithms around functional JavaScript. Tail-call optimization, etc. Any suggestions?This topic came up while reading JavaScript Allongé, the "Six" Edition.Reading suggestions do not need to be written in JavaScript (although that is the preference), so long as they are applicable to functional programming in the context of optimized production...

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Re:A world without work on Wednesday June 24, 2015 @01:34PM (#9773132)
Make/adopt some babies and enjoy your successes as an engineer in the context of something larger!