> I mean: what would you use Node.js for - in 1985 In 1985, your hypothetical bank would be running VMS, which had asynchronous IO system calls as the default.

> I mean: what would you use Node.js for - in 1985 In 1985, your hypothetical bank would be running VMS, which had asynchronous IO system calls as the default. There was no need to "invent" something like Node.js.