Why would NASA somehow be invincible to hype?
Reverse hype is hype. Node is a high level language that is quite good. It might not be as fast as go or c, but it doesn't need to be to be useful. Don't blame the langue, blame the programmer.
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Reverse hype is hype. Node is a high level language that is quite good. It might not be as fast as go or c, but it doesn't need to be to be useful. Don't blame the langue, blame the programmer.
Node is not a language
As in have you ever heard the term, "program in node". If we lived our lives to only technical definitions it would not be a good one.
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Node is not a language
As in have you ever heard the term, "program in node". If we lived our lives to only technical definitions it would not be a good one.
There is research behind this, not sure why the down vote.
Although considering the comment being replied is a throw away account, I imagine that person is also a moderator who doesn't like debate to their troll comment.
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#16Forth code ran on the Rosetta lander's space qualified, radiation hardened, 16-bit Harris RTX2010 processor. The OS could even be changed via the radio link by writing new code to EEPROM [1].
Let Node try that ;) On second thought...
[1] http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu//full/2003ESASP.532E..72B...
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Node is not a language
As in have you ever heard the term, "program in node". If we lived our lives to only technical definitions it would not be a good one.
People call the language "node" because they're ashamed to admit they're just writing javascript, since javascript has such a horrid reputation for amateur, poorly-performant bloatware.
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As in have you ever heard the term, "program in node". If we lived our lives to only technical definitions it would not be a good one.
People call the language "node" because they're ashamed to admit they're just writing javascript, since javascript has such a horrid reputation for amateur, poorly-performant bloatware.
This is also just troll. An engineer looks at a tool, as it is. Sometimes a plastic screw may be better than a steel one. Look at any tool as it is, not as a religion.
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People call the language "node" because they're ashamed to admit they're just writing javascript, since javascript has such a horrid reputation for amateur, poorly-performant bloatware.
This is also just troll. An engineer looks at a tool, as it is. Sometimes a plastic screw may be better than a steel one. Look at any tool as it is, not as a religion.
I'm not trolling. You think people are immune to stigma just because they work in tech?
Tools are rarely chosen purely on their merits. Look no further than the Black&Decker vs DeWalt thing back in the early aughts. Literally the same tool but with a yellow, "construction-y" motif? Much better reputation for being durable.
People didn't buy Black & Decker because they didn't want to be looked down upon for using pleb-tier tools.
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This is also just troll. An engineer looks at a tool, as it is. Sometimes a plastic screw may be better than a steel one. Look at any tool as it is, not as a religion.
I'm not trolling. You think people are immune to stigma just because they work in tech? Tools are rarely chosen purely on their merits. Look no further than the Black&Decker vs DeWalt thing back in the early aughts. Literally the same tool but with a yellow, "construction-y" motif? Much better reputation for being durable. People didn't buy Black & Decker because they didn't want to be looked down upon for using pleb…
I'm saying there are use cases for node. Maybe not as ideal of core infrastructure where scalability and latency are of the most important. But there may be use cases where a new engineer could contribute faster, cleaner, and more effectively with node. An amazing engineer with node, can do far greater things than a mediocre engineer in golang, or what ever the fashion language of the year is. Node has its place, and should be respected.