Ryan Dahl was already writing Nginx modules before he created nodejs. He even considered writing something on top of another language before choosing JavaScript. A major factor here was Google releasing V8 engine as open source news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15140669
Brazilian developer since 2011. Microsoft MVP, Docker Captain, and Google Dev Expert. OpenJS foundation member and Node.js contributor. Loves JavaScript and TypeScript.
Ryan Dahl was already writing Nginx modules before he created nodejs. He even considered writing something on top of another language before choosing JavaScript. A major factor here was Google releasing V8 engine as open source
news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15140669
Wow! Really cool! I didn't know about this! Thanks a lot for sharing :D