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If only people stopped writing this stuff in javascript.

At least it's not written in Coffeescript and then further insulting you by calling it a JavaScript project despite being written in Coffeescript.

I've been foolish enough to have been quoted as saying "you can use JavaScript anywhere!" in the past (admittedly at the time, I was working on an embedded platform for TVs where apps were written in JS). Sadly it seems not everyone knows, just because you can doesn't mean you should.

I agree. It seems like a maintainability issue. I can't imagine anyone familiar enough with DNS to contribute has experience working with Node.

Maybe I'm wrong...

While I agree with the "why!? Node" sentiment of parent, you'd be wrong with this extension. Myself as well as a few friends (who have extensive history with DNS at both a sysadmin and developer level) disprove the theory that there's no overlap in the two skill sets.

I would never contribute to a JS project, but it is the most used language in the world. Which language would you expect to have more overlap than the most used language in the world?

It is NOT the most used: http://www.tiobe.com/tiobe_index

Java is number one, still. Like six years running at least. JavaScript is somewhere between 4-8 depending on the survey you look at.

yes. please stop the endless javascripting of the world..

like it or not, js is the programming language that runs on the most devices in the world.

While, I know this is flamebate:

This statement is factually incorrect. C is the most common higher level language across all platforms, especially when you include embedded devices. (I'm not considering Assembly as a higher level language)

mm good point. i stand corrected.

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