Any examples of when this would be desirable? Seems to me that monitoring and running tools should just, you know, monitor and run things. Separation of concerns.
I'd much rather have access to a well structured library (node.js) where sockets and http are first class citizens, opposed to being forced into a solution or having to write C or bash.
I'd much rather have access to a well structured library (node.js) where sockets and http are first class citizens, opposed to being forced into a solution or having to write C or bash.