Re:Back end of Meta Threads is built with Python 3.10 with s...
by rewmie on Friday July 07, 2023 @12:57AM
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> If you have hundreds of millions of daily active users then needing to write a compiler isn't the end of the world.
It's not the end of the world because they have deep pockets and a problem domain where preserving the interface (I.e., keep everything still running on PHP) and optimizing the infrastructure that provides it is more cost effective and least disruptive than switching to a tech stack that is more performant.
It's not the end of the world because they have deep pockets and a problem domain where preserving the interface (I.e., keep everything still running on PHP) and optimizing the infrastructure that provides it is more cost effective and least disruptive than switching to a tech stack that is more performant.