Suppose I wanted to write a C++ based web application...

Re:Suppose I wanted to write a C++ based web application... by jm4 on Sunday October 05, 2008 @07:22PM (#324430)

Where is your site that receives 3.5M visits per month? It doesn't matter what language or platform you use. Handling 3.5M visits takes some thought. In fact, where can we find anything to support your language-bashing in your last few posts? I see you knocking down other people's suggestions without putting forth anything of substance yourself.

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Re:Suppose I wanted to write a C++ based web application... by alecco on Sunday October 05, 2008 @07:46PM (#324453)

First, please take a deep breathe. This is a technical discussion and it doesn't necessarily need to have "a winner."

Second, please look my other posts 4 and 6 minutes before this one you just did.

On a C++ thread some people above say the thread creator should use Java. I refuted that argument with my opinion and reasoning. It is not bashing:

bash: - To engage in harsh, accusatory, threatening criticism. -ing When you deliberately attack a person using offensive and/or inappropriate language.

See on top of this page: "Suppose I wanted to write a C++ based web application... [...] But what if I just wanted to write plain C++?"

Can't Java people play along? Can't you guys even play pretend? There are very good comments in this thread (both pro and con.) And if you think C++ Web Applications are a bad idea, fine, say so and state your case. There was no need to bring up Java. Of course you are free to do so. But that allows others (moi) to counter-argue with you.

Thank you.

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Re:Suppose I wanted to write a C++ based web application... by wheels on Sunday October 05, 2008 @08:25PM (#324472)

For the record, I am a C++ person, not a Java person. C++ is far and away my strongest language. Nevertheless, I believe that for general web app development, if you want something in the C++ family of languages, Java is more appropriate. At my startup we use a handful of languages for different tasks, C++ and Java among them.

I don't think anyone would have really jumped on the memory comment originally, but what made the thread asbestos-o-riffic however was the assertion that Java is inappropriate for a startup, which is, well, just plain silly.

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Re:Suppose I wanted to write a C++ based web application... by alecco on Sunday October 05, 2008 @10:57PM (#324561)

But I never said that. I don't even think that. It depends completely on the startup's goal.

In a comment 15 hours ago I stated it's probably not worth it due to current cheap hosting prices.

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Re:Suppose I wanted to write a C++ based web application... by wheels on Sunday October 05, 2008 @11:30PM (#324581)

You didn't, jgalvez did, and that's where most of this discussion forked off from.

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Re:Suppose I wanted to write a C++ based web application... by axod on Monday October 06, 2008 @03:47AM (#324696)

I'm certainly not a "java" person, but I take objection to bashing a language like java with no reasons to back it up.

Web apps can work in any language (I wrote a couple in assembly once)...

Choosing the language is not really that important.

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