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Agree that was probably too soon, even if it existed in some form. I've often wondered why precisely people love JavaScript on the server. I would guess it's a
by ghayes 11y ago
Agree that was probably too soon, even if it existed in some form. I've often wondered why precisely people love JavaScript on the server. I would guess it's a mix of 1) event machine parallelism, 2) isomorphism, 3) speed (since V8/SpiderMonkey/Chakra), 4) cross-compatibility, and 5) engineers not needing to learn another language.
- eponeponepon 11y agoI've always assumed it's heavily weighted towards 5 - never underestimate the ability of a coder to avoid effort!
- kybernetikos 11y agoAlso, the npm ecosystem. The early js-on-the-server systems had miserable ecosystems.