Node also works well for desktop apps because it's got the run loop. Desktop apps are insanely high frequency IO apps, basically, its an Input Queue reading th

Node also works well for desktop apps because it's got the run loop. Desktop apps are insanely high frequency IO apps, basically, its an Input Queue reading the mouse / keyboard / touch screen and a run loop, which is exactly what node is, except node originally envisioned the input queue being web requests. And most desktop apps are single threaded on the UI.