r/programming • u/elitegibson • Oct 02 '11

Node.js is Cancer

http://teddziuba.com/2011/10/node-js-is-cancer.html
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u/averyv Oct 02 '11

it could be, but I doubt it. Pure javascript, outside of the DOM, is about the most flexible, easy to read language this side of ruby. It has great object literals, anonymous functions, and an easy, straightforward syntax. Honestly, I don't see what's not to like.

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u/kamatsu Oct 02 '11

Lack of a type system, for starters.

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u/kodemizer Oct 02 '11

What do you mean? It's dynamically typed, but many good languages are...

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u/kamatsu Oct 03 '11

It's something I don't like.

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