For small ad-hoc multi-processing servers that web shops are writing. Maybe, that seems like a good use case. Not as exotic as Erlang, and not a very demanding

For small ad-hoc multi-processing servers that web shops are writing. Maybe, that seems like a good use case. Not as exotic as Erlang, and not a very demanding environment. No big chance for enterprise or academia. And I believe that for ordinary "check this, forward that" backend programming, Ruby, Python and Perl will still remain staples, with a few percentage points shifting back and forth, as usual. Rails didn't end Python. On the other hand, I wouldn't shed a tear if it would eat up the majority of node.js' marketshare.