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> Yes, it has taken 20 years, but JavaScript is now just as viable a choice for your backend and CLI tooling projects as Python was in the past. Considering ho
by EdwardDiego 7y ago
> Yes, it has taken 20 years, but JavaScript is now just as viable a choice for your backend and CLI tooling projects as Python was in the past.
Considering how often Node projects break our build, I respectfully beg to differ.
- blondin 7y agoi agree with the sentiment. i was just thinking about it yesterday. what if there was a pure javascript based system programming language? with none of the event loop thingies? i mean can we have a normal javascript that compiles to a x64 binary and calls the OS?
- ksherlock 7y agoJScript.Net compiles to .NET bytecode and has for the past 20 years or so.
- ggregoire 7y agoIt's not like Python projects are the perfect examples of reliability either.