IMHO NodeJS is not about asynchronous processing - it is about JavaScript on the server.
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@ewolff Or on the client. In fact, it's about JS outside of the browser.
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@stilkov Node is not the only JS outside browser. There are also a ton of JS Map/Reduce frameworks e.g. in CouchDB or MongoDB.
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Replying to @ewolff
@ewolff But you can use Node to build network clients just as well as servers. No need to restrict it.

Jun 25, 2013 · 8:05 PM UTC

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Replying to @stilkov
@stilkov OK, I C :)
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@ewolff But interested to know what motivated your original statement
Replying to @stilkov
@stilkov I guess my point was: people are like "Node.js = high scalability" while more important is "Node = JS on the server"
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@ewolff I see. My view is it makes async/evented I/O a tolerable option for mere mortals; that's the more important point to me
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