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When the alternative is something as stupid as PHP, sure. But there are much better languages out there that would entirely eclipse JavaScript, if it wasn't the

by lucian1900 14y ago

When the alternative is something as stupid as PHP, sure. But there are much better languages out there that would entirely eclipse JavaScript, if it wasn't the only thing that can reasonably be used in browser.

chris_wot 14y ago
And yet, nodejs is a perfectly reasonable choice for web development for many.
- user24 14y ago
  Exactly. The claim was "We use it because we must, not because we choose to." This is not true because even in environments where we need not, some of us still choose JS.