I agree. There is too much hype going on with JavaScript. There are a few great features in JavaScript (seamless closures, asynchronism, etc). However, JavaScr

I agree. There is too much hype going on with JavaScript. There are a few great features in JavaScript (seamless closures, asynchronism, etc). However, JavaScript has a few flaws as of today, and even though it's one of the most widely used out there, that doesn't mean it'll work for anything. There are other languages out there! They may not be garbage-collected, the syntax may not be straightforward, you may need to declare your functions and define interfaces, but they also have great features when you learn to use them. Any programmer should be able to understand basic C programs and reason with pointers, know how to write simple Java classes (without an IDE) and most of all, use UNIX tools (echo/cat/grep/less at least, pipes being a plus, sed/awk/cut/diff would be perfect). These are basic skills which are taught in CS courses, but many fail to have one of these, yet blabber about Node.js all the time.