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		jchrisa on Aug 13, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Future of Programming in Node.js I thought the original point was that it is JavaScript that can do stuff.

_greim_ on Aug 13, 2013 | [–]

As AndyKelley mentions, the point was it being async and event-driven by default. JavaScript was chosen because it was the only language that was simultaneously popular and free of sync baggage.

mahmud on Aug 14, 2013 | [–]

This became my all time favorite comment on HN. I have been laughing for a good 10 minutes.

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