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see what node.js is doing Granted, Node.js is nice and all, but it's hardly innovative. It's built on an old language using ancient async tricks running on a
by fogus 15y ago
see what node.js is doing
Granted, Node.js is nice and all, but it's hardly innovative. It's built on an old language using ancient async tricks running on a VM built using old performance techniques learned during the development of an old language.
- hasenj 15y agoPutting a whole bunch of existing ideas together into a new form is what innovation is all about.
- sjwright 15y agoPutting a whole bunch of existing ideas together into a new form is what patent law is all about stifling.
- shortcharles 15y agoIf your universe has a mere 400 old software ideas, and you choose 4 (e.g. JS, async, VM, hidden objects) your combination is one out of 1 050 739 900. That is the mathematics of innovation.