node.js is the new java

it greatly improves on it's predecessors
familiar syntax
it's designed to be practical, to the chagrin of CS purists
next-generation of applications being built (hadoop, palantir, runsecape :  asana, meteor)

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- node.js uses [code]select[code] to wait for network events
- network events are largely asynchronous
- networking is one of the project's primary intentions (http support is built-in)
Ergo your wrong bitch.