June 2009
3 posts
Node.js is my latest inspiration
I’m really excited right now about this project called Node.js, by Ryan Dahl. (http://tinyclouds.org/node)
It’s a “purely evented” framework for writing real network client/server software in Javascript, built using Google’s V8 Javascript engine. Here’s a snippet from the Node site about what “purely evented” means:
…users of Node are...
“…it extends elegantly to implement the means of combination.”
– Hal Abelson, talking about stream processing during the Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs lectures. Watch them all for free!
I have always considered this to be one of the most important guiding principles/goals of good software architecture and composition.
Greetings, programs!
Inaugural post to new Tumblr-powered Usergenic blog…
def hi
say "Hello", to: World
end