Yeah I generally agree. With the builtin addition of require() and reasonable scoping rules, Node.js has turned Javascript into a weak-typed, memory-managed C.

Yeah I generally agree. With the builtin addition of require() and reasonable scoping rules, Node.js has turned Javascript into a weak-typed, memory-managed C. There is still the 64-bit integer and large decimal problem, but otherwise that is great. I don't see why the entire backend cannot be Node.js.