Yes, good point. But I cringe when people say that "10k connections is a magic"! There are three things which make Node.js popular: - ease of starting (especial

Yes, good point. But I cringe when people say that "10k connections is a magic"! There are three things which make Node.js popular: - ease of starting (especially with things like Meteor) - one language for server-side and client-side - npm But in terms of scalability, robustness and network performance it is inferior