> A big difference is that Go doesn't force you to write asynchronous code for I/O operations, JS engines like nodejs do and it's a pain in the ass. Node also

> A big difference is that Go doesn't force you to write asynchronous code for I/O operations, JS engines like nodejs do and it's a pain in the ass. Node also has a full set of 'normal' synchronous I/O operations (although they were added later after the async stuff).