> Wouldn't the traditional way to do it server-side be to just write it in C/C++ or Java with a thread pool? I was a bit vague. What I should have said was tha

> Wouldn't the traditional way to do it server-side be to just write it in C/C++ or Java with a thread pool? I was a bit vague. What I should have said was that dynamic language solutions are bad at it. Certainly you can pull out C/C++, Java, Erlang, etc. but at that point, you need to compile and recompile when you change your code. You are dealing with dependencies, libraries, binary compatibility, and the usual complexities that come with compiled languages. > Or if you prefer the evented model, Python+Twisted Well, Node.JS isn't the only game in town, certainly. Competition is a good thing.