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nwmcsween on Feb 19, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: The Great Web Framework Shootout – On GitHub

Because tornado and node aren't web frameworks? Why don't we use a bus as a boat?... because it isn't a boat.

j45 on Feb 19, 2012 | [–]

Interesting point... the difference between a language vs. framework is often overlooked..

If there are cases where they may overlap, how would you want to develop a test?

taskstrike on Feb 19, 2012 | [–]

Node is arguable. You can use express.

Tornado is definitely a web framework.

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