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skimming node.js

I know I'm late to this, but maybe still early enough to have fun.  This question, " What are the benefits of developing in node.js versus Python?", on Quora sent me off on a reading spree last night.  Some of those links:
My excitement, of course, goes back to the Newton and it's wonderful NewtonScript development environment.   NewtonScript was one of the first follow-ons to the Self language (evolving Smalltalk) to take advantage of "instance-based object inheritance" ( prototypes) that javascript has now popularized.  Great stuff, man.  :)

I'm definitely excited to poke around in server-side javascript and a more async.-model programming style as well as seeing how the proto-inheritance idea would change system models in design.  Fun stuff.