[Ayesh]

"Because they can" is often the most fitting answer. Even a tiny feature is worthy to start a totally new project with a fancy name.

[viraptor]

To be precise, I meant "why not use ..." comparison. I don't mind why the project was started. Whatever the reason, well done for getting it to this stage! But the other side - why should we be interested - is interesting :-)

[pvorb]

One reason could be that it might be easier for node.js devs to read and understand its source code. I don't use the software nor have read its source code, though.

[de_watcher]

Sometimes I think that there are not enough of real problems to solve in the js world.

Too many people pumped into a tight space of the frontend development are creating in there another copy of the whole infrastructure while limited by the tools that weren't designed for that.

[ricardobeat]

Node was designed to build networking applications just like this.

[hamandcheese]

No, node was the realization that JS’s concurrency model could be applied to applications like this.

[tree_of_item]

No? You're not even disagreeing with the parent.

[hamandcheese]

I am, but it is subtle.