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Re:Is java dead for startups? by michaelfairley on Tuesday May 25, 2010 @08:33PM (#1379137)
Most of the core code is C++ or Java, though there is plenty of Python.
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Re:Is java dead for startups? by jonah on Tuesday May 25, 2010 @10:07PM (#1379303)
I mentioned Java to a high level googler friend and his instant response was: Java == Slow.
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Re:Is java dead for startups? by SkyMarshal on Tuesday May 25, 2010 @10:34PM (#1379343)
By the standards of a high level googler, probably all languages but C and Ocaml are slow.
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Re:Is java dead for startups? by solidus on Wednesday May 26, 2010 @12:26AM (#1379511)
Indeed. Most of the server-side code for youtube is written in python.
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