[b40d-48b2-979e]

The async loop does not automatically make it "focused on network apps". Most apps I work with in Python also run on an async runtime.

[gbuk2013]

It’s not the async loop - it’s interfacing with the system. JS is designed to run in a sandbox and the only way out in say Node.js is to write C++ addons.

For example you don’t get to see TCP headers with Node out of the box and you can’t craft packets, whereas you can in Python.