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0 pointsoscargrouch6y ago0 comments

I dont know if is just a impression of mine, but people are getting more realistic and less romantic about this stuff, really understanding the limits and the use-cases, letting Python do what it does best but leaving some parts of the system to be managed in a AOT-compiled platform like C.

I think a lot of people got burn when they adhered to the "i want to use just this thing for everything" mantra, which is pure illusion. And as with all illusions we tend to nurture, it will lead to a crash with the status-quo of reality.

This was also what happened with Javascript. If you used it as the script language that it is meant to be, everything will be fine.

The problem, as i understand it, is trying to follow the misguided and over-hyped steps of Java.

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henrikschroder6y ago

> "i want to use just this thing for everything" mantra

Is node.js dead yet?

oscargrouchOP6y ago

I think this wheel of fortune will continue to roll, of course, from one hype to another. If someone want to be the `sucker` that believes that creating a LLVM on node.js is a good idea, no one will stop that person of course, but the trends of the current reality will at some point with an unavoidable nosedive.

Theres a difference between being a pioneer or an adventurer from being a fool who let their emotions turn technology akin to a religious cult.

Node.js, of course, can be a great tool, but only if you know when and where to use it (just like the demonized PHP, can be great and work like a charm, you should also know when to nevermind the boll..).

BossingAround6y ago

More and more popular I hear. Exciting stuff, though JS seems very much disliked on HN.

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