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Re:Hello Haskell, Goodbye Scala by martinced on Tuesday January 22, 2013 @09:38AM (#5097267)
It's a zip file following Java convention that can be dropped in any Java web application server (like Apache Tomcat).

Basically a lot of sites you go to have been deployed by dropping a .war file in a Java web application server. That technologically powers a gigantic part of the Internet (just look at SO or Quora or expert exchange or any TIOOBE index or any Java job offer: Java webapps are pretty much powering the Real-World [TM]).

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Re:Hello Haskell, Goodbye Scala by heartbreak on Tuesday January 22, 2013 @11:42AM (#5097944)
Are you suggesting that SO - StackOverflow.com - runs on Java?
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Re:Hello Haskell, Goodbye Scala by nobleach on Tuesday January 22, 2013 @12:18PM (#5098226)
Having no idea what the software stack is, and only basing a guess on having read plenty of Joel's musings, I'm guessing a Microsoft technology. I'm sure someone has the goods, or Google could probably answer.
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Re:Hello Haskell, Goodbye Scala by apendleton on Tuesday January 22, 2013 @12:44PM (#5098399)
It's an ASP.net MVC app, if I recall correctly. The .NET world has a parallel mechanism to .war deployment, though.
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Re:Hello Haskell, Goodbye Scala by papsosouid on Tuesday January 22, 2013 @01:07PM (#5098559)
I think he is suggesting that the number of java related questions on those sites indicates the language is widely used. Neither SO or quora run on java.
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