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Comment by BrutallyHonest | Hacker News Reader

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.

Node is not a language

Linguistics would beg to differ.

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.

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.

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.

"Don't blame the langue, blame the programmer."

Would you mind repeating this the next time HN front page contains more stories and comments (hype?) about how C language is the cause for poor software quality?

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