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Re:Programming languages endorsed for server-side use at Meta by 01acheru on Wednesday July 27, 2022 @01:16PM (#32253296)
Probably Erlang because of Whatsapp, IIRC it's backend was written in Erlang.
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Re:Programming languages endorsed for server-side use at Meta by jwdunne on Wednesday July 27, 2022 @01:41PM (#32253723)
I believe the chat backend was implemented in Erlang too. When I was much younger, the web based instant messaging seemed like magic to me so I looked into it and turned out they used Erlang.
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Re:Programming languages endorsed for server-side use at Meta by pessimizer on Wednesday July 27, 2022 @02:57PM (#32254996)
And they actually moved to Erlang for chat before Whatsapp, around when they hired https://yarivsblog.blogspot.com/
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