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Re:“I'm basically giving myself a permanent vacation from be... by vram22 on Thursday July 12, 2018 @04:46PM (#17518450)
>Fun fact, I believe the very first google scraper was written in it.

Fun "fact": I need to check my facts, but it could be that the very first Google was written it it, too :)

Checked:

https://www.google.co.in/search?q=what+language+was+google+s...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Search

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Google

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Re:“I'm basically giving myself a permanent vacation from be... by kgwgk on Friday July 13, 2018 @05:47AM (#17521638)
That’s what he said :-) (first google scraper = scraper used in original google implementation)
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Re:“I'm basically giving myself a permanent vacation from be... by vram22 on Friday July 13, 2018 @11:02AM (#17523490)
Okay, I thought he meant a product that scraped Google sites.
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