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Well.. I think some people might think "well I need to go faster than Node... so do I need to go to C? Java is slow too. But the C library ecosystem is _rough_.
by rtpg 8y ago
Well.. I think some people might think "well I need to go faster than Node... so do I need to go to C? Java is slow too. But the C library ecosystem is _rough_...."
Nice infrastructure around the language + speed +... not being Rust (with all the difficulties that come with the language)? Is pretty interesting
- ahoka 8y ago>>some people might think "well I need to go faster than Node... so do I need to go to C? Java is slow too. But the C library ecosystem is _rough_...."<< They would be utterly mistaken on all accounts.
- oblio 8y agoThat "all" makes for a bold claim. "well I need to go faster than Node..." .NET is generally faster than Node.js, at least based on most benchmarks I've seen. " so do I need to go to C?" Is there any other official/stable extension mechanism for Node? "Java is slow too." That one, I agree, is false. Java is at least as fast as .NET. "But the C library ecosystem is _rough_...." The C library ecosystem is very rough. The lack of memory management and the overall creakiness of C showing its age are easily apparent.
- mathw 8y agoThat would be a weird thing to think, because there's a long, long list of languages and platforms which are faster than Node but friendlier than C. Java and C#, two of the most popular languages in corporate development, being very much at the top of it (not necessarily in that order).