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by tcarney 5306 days ago
This project seems much more accessible since shell scripting is a more fundamental glue language. But if you read Zach Holman's post[1] on glue languages he makes the point that JavaScript is becoming a glue language, so you can start to see why github used Node.js for their implementation. Github built a tool that fits their culture, Ted took the idea and went back to the basics. To each his own.

[1] http://zachholman.com/posts/glue-languages/