[tored]

When picking server language for web development I think it is more important to look at how the platform works rather than language features.

This is important

  * memory model (shared, per request, etc)
  * request model (by the app or by the web server)
  * compilation/build step
  * deployment 
  * hosting
  * tooling (IDEs, linters, testing, package manager, etc)
  * how to scale
  * available programmers
  * community

This is not important

  * $ in variable names
  * arrows (->) for accessing object members
  * argument order in standard library
  * not elegant enough