Yahoo! and Node
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In Multi-Core HTTP Server with NodeJS, Peter Griess (Principal Engineer, Yahoo! Mail) discusses using Node at Yahoo! Mail. He discusses threading, and solutions like multi-node. He also demonstrates using node-v0.1.100 with node-webworker (which he wrote).
One interesting point in his post is about the quality of modules written in C++. Given the paradigm shift between writing solid JavaScript and efficient, portable and safe C++, modules aren’t always reliable. Hopefully the community will attract more hardened C++ developers to help improve popular modules.
It’s great to see a company like Yahoo! taking an interesting in Node, and I hope they end up using it in their architecture. Peter’s already created some useful projects (at github/pgriess), and this would be great ammunition to use if you’re trying to sell your boss on using Node.
