Reduce complexity: sure. But if we have requirements that can be well defined within an async FP paradigm, then maybe an async FP environment isn't such a 'prob

Reduce complexity: sure. But if we have requirements that can be well defined within an async FP paradigm, then maybe an async FP environment isn't such a 'problem'... and many of us "average programmers" already know lisp. If nodejs doesn't suit everyone, probably not everyone should use nodejs. But if we're going to have a go at it, let's not immediately dismiss node's natural style as "an absolute mess"