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> Node.js appeals to people who already know Javascript and don’t want to learn a new language

This is a blanket statement that perhaps displays the author's opinion on Javascript as a language itself.

I don't see how it does. Making note of the entrenchment bonus granted by a language already known by much of the target audience isn't necessarily making a value statement about the bonus or secondary effects thereof.

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