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Re:High Performance Erlang – Finding Bottlenecks in a CouchD... by Zikes on Monday February 15, 2016 @11:02AM (#11104026)
There is no "objectively best", only "that which is best suited to the problem at hand".
Re:High Performance Erlang – Finding Bottlenecks in a CouchD... by hnbroseph on Monday February 15, 2016 @12:11PM (#11104461)
> that which is best suited to the problem at hand

also best suited...according to our understanding of the problem space, our capability/competency to tackle it, our resources presently available to allocate, our worldview and preferences, any external constraints such as customer requirements, etc, etc, etc.