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I would say that node.js is very liked on HN. Half the stories here are about Node.js. But I rarely see any positive mentioning on HN about c#, .NET, C++ or Ja
by flexie 10y ago
I would say that node.js is very liked on HN. Half the stories here are about Node.js.
But I rarely see any positive mentioning on HN about c#, .NET, C++ or Java.
- douche 10y agoThose are the unsexy, but get-shit-done languages. I would hazard a guess that most people are familiar with them, and either are currently, or have in the past, used them for their day jobs. But they are on the plateau of productivity, rather than the peak of inflated expectations or trough of disillusionment, to use the Gartner model.
- collyw 10y agoMS languages are used a lot more in large corporate style environments, while HN is startup focused where people are using open source more.
- gjm11 10y ago> Half the stories here are about Node.js. I think that might be a slight exaggeration. At present, zero of the stories on the HN front page appear to be about Node.js.
- JustSomeNobody 10y agoMy last ten coin flips were heads, but overall, heads is roughly half.
- gjm11 10y agoThe HN front page is 30 items. Of those, none were about Node.js when I made that comment. Right now, none are about Node.js and, though I don't trust my memory much, it's a largely different selection of items. If half of all HN front page items were about Node.js on average, the probability of getting (let's say, conservatively) 40 with none about Node.js would be (1/2)^40 or about 10^-12. Of course people exaggerate and I am fallible. If 30% of all HN front page items are about Node.js on average, the probability of getting at most one such item out of 40 is about 10^-5. Which is, y'know, still much less likely than ten consecutive heads when flipping a coin.