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by kimmel 4515 days ago
> Node is a general purpose language that can be used for all kinds of things.

Node is a library that can be used for all kinds of things. FTFY

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Fair enough, it is not a language, but I would not call it a library either. Perhaps a platform?[1] It contains many libraries, but also has a cli tool, packages a runtime, a debugger, and even includes a package manager. It contains the sorts of things that would be packaged when you install languages like Python or Ruby.

[1] http://nodejs.org/