why is javascript node.js not on google app engine

Question

Google created the V8 JavaScript engine: V8 compiles JavaScript source code directly into machine code when it is first executed.

Node.js is built on V8 - why is Goo

Answer 1

You can easily install node on Google Compute Engine (which basically is a virtual computer). Here is a link: https://developers.google.com/datastore/docs/getstarted/start_nodejs/

Regards Lars