[Wilya]

Not meaning to troll but:

1. apt-get install php5 ? Seriously, that's it. On the other hand, neither Debian stable nor Ubuntu LTS have any usable version of node in their package repository (Debian has nothing, Ubuntu has 0.6)

4. json_decode() ?

5. If Atwood's law ever becomes reality, it will be a consequence, not a source of benefit.

(I don't use either Node or PHP as my main language)

[tegeek]

I've developed software in Java,.NET, Php & NodeJS. I ll rate JVM higher than any other platform. But when it comes to simplicity, easy scalability, Node ranks way higher. Php isnt even closer at all.

NodeJS literally takes 5 minutes to get started writing scalable apps without even thinking about concurency at all.

Write a software in Php yourself and let people download and run themselves, there are endless pain. Actually Php sucks in many areas which I dont want to touch right now.

[RRRA]

Actually Debian testing has : nodejs 0.10.21~dfsg1-1