Yep, that's true. However, JavaScript does it right out of the box and the JavaScript ecosystem is very well-aligned for async. One of the most significant rea

Yep, that's true. However, JavaScript does it right out of the box and the JavaScript ecosystem is very well-aligned for async. One of the most significant reasons to use a language like Node for server-side async programming is that for any random library you choose to use there's a very high probability the library also supports async and won't block on you. For better or for worse, async is pervasive in the JavaScript ecosystem. Even languages that have good async frameworks, like Python, most libraries will block as it's the normal I/O mode for the language.