Does anyone do that, at least on the software side? Obviously there are consistency issues with e.g. non-instantaneous bank teller actions, but those are human inconsistencies, not software inconsistencies..
What I mean is that some of the powerful components we can leverage today solve problems that did not exist in 1985, so having these available then would not really help.
I mean: what would you use Node.js for - in 1985 - even assuming you had access to a system to develop and test stuff made with it?
> I mean: what would you use Node.js for - in 1985
In 1985, your hypothetical bank would be running VMS, which had asynchronous IO system calls as the default. There was no need to "invent" something like Node.js.
