[drsintoma]

> but I think you would at least agree with me that node's popularity and growth has been unmatched.

Of course I agree. But node is an unique case, since javascript is not exactly new, and had a trillion people using it when node appeared. You can not expect that to happen again any time soon, unless all main browsers start supporting client-side PHP or something crazy like that.

Go is not 'there' yet, sure, and maybe it'll never be. But its growth can not be judged by node's standards, no really new language could compete then.

For a new language is growing quite good: http://www.google.com/trends/explore?q=golang#q=golang&cmpt=...

Of course this doesn't mean you have to use it, but IMHO it can not be regarded as a failure in anyway.

[rartichoke]

My point was that even with node's mind boggling growth it still hasn't really overtaken rails when it comes to developer productivity.