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> Node.js has a huge ecosystem So do many other platforms. > JavaScript is known by many So are many other languages. > JavaScript [...] is good enough for
by drdaeman 13y ago
> Node.js has a huge ecosystem
So do many other platforms.
> JavaScript is known by many
So are many other languages.
> JavaScript [...] is good enough for these kind of devices
So are many other languages.
The question, as I got it, was "why JavaScript is chosen among many possibly alternatives?". Your comment does not answer it, I believe.
- egeozcan 13y agoEven if you used the same argument for all my points, the intersection of the result sets seems to be empty. To be more clear, AFAIK, no other platform accomplishes those three goals as good as JavaScript. Maybe Python? GitHub language stats used to say otherwise (until they removed them). I also have the impression that as far as dynamically typed languages go, JavaScript is one of the most optimized ones. Well, Lua and some others beat it on speed but they are not as popular and/or provide what node.js provides.