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)

>>48

I see.


Fun fact. Did you know symbols in lisp can have white space in them?


(define I\ bet\ you\ can\'t\ do\ this\ in\ that\ other\ language\. 34)