> If you're using Node.js as a stateless web server (the principle use case motivating its design), when are you reading files off the local disk other than in

> If you're using Node.js as a stateless web server (the principle use case motivating its design), when are you reading files off the local disk other than in the initialization phase? What's the problem with applying the 'right tool for the job' mindset and defaulting to other platforms for more generalized computing tasks? what's the point using nodejs if you can't do a simple task such as reading a file? Use something else to begin with. NodeJS wasn't designed to be "stateless", no more than Javascript was. If you want "stateless" use clojure or Haskell.