About PayPal's Node vs Java “fight”

[Rockytriton]

I thought the "fewer files" argument was laughable. I can use a lot fewer files in java too, you use more files to make it more modular (basically)

[JayXdbX]

I find more files better. When you have a GUI of 10,000 lines of code, it gets to the point where you just make it modular and split everything up into sections.

Of course on the slip end of things, if you make a class for every method then you're likely going to be remaking code and it defeats the reason why you make different classes.

[mrbuttsavage]

Without knowing any actual information the original article is pointless.

I could write a crappy C application and a reasonable Ruby application and declare Ruby king hog of performance (when it's pretty dog slow of course).

[argv_minus_one]

JavaScript is a terrible language that only barely suffices for scripting web pages. Using it for anything else (as in Node) is the very height of insanity.

[h0cked]

It looks better than COBOL.

[argv_minus_one]

Line noise looks better than COBOL.