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Re:RyuJIT: The next-generation JIT compiler for .NET by taspeotis on Monday September 30, 2013 @09:58PM (#6473588)
I think it's likely it's one of the top 100 by traffic, but (not to belittle the achievements of the Stack Exchange guys) I'm sure there's at least 100 bigger sites out there by code/infrastructure.

Flight booking systems come to mind. I don't know how many web applications Microsoft would have individually (I imagine they use .NET...) and whether you want to count those (microsoft.com, bing.com, accounts.live.com, Azure...). Not to mention in-house web applications.

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Re:RyuJIT: The next-generation JIT compiler for .NET by shanselman on Tuesday October 01, 2013 @01:05AM (#6474184)
And Dell, Xbox, Bing, Nasdaq, Chase, and on and on. SO is a great site but it's neither the largest nor the coast complex.
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Re:RyuJIT: The next-generation JIT compiler for .NET by sanxiyn on Monday September 30, 2013 @10:22PM (#6473654)
They do. Windows Update is an ASP.Net application, for example.
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Re:RyuJIT: The next-generation JIT compiler for .NET by joseph_cooney on Tuesday October 01, 2013 @12:24AM (#6474021)
According to the fairly suspect Alexa they are in the top 100, world wide (regardless of technology). So by traffic I guess yes, they are in the top 100.
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Re:RyuJIT: The next-generation JIT compiler for .NET by mwsherman on Tuesday October 01, 2013 @10:27AM (#6476361)
Quantcast puts us at #54 in the US (haven’t managed to find the global rankings on their site). https://www.quantcast.com/p-c1rF4kxgLUzNc
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Re:RyuJIT: The next-generation JIT compiler for .NET by ihsw on Tuesday October 01, 2013 @12:28AM (#6474038)
One can't forget the London Stock Exchange clusterfuck, but then again that was three years ago.
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Re:RyuJIT: The next-generation JIT compiler for .NET by SideburnsOfDoom on Tuesday October 01, 2013 @04:32AM (#6474917)
Clearly you can't forget it. Some teams can succeed in a wide variety of languages, some organisations can fail in any language.

Given the number of teams that have succeeded with .Net, I'd say that organisational failings are to blame for this one. Have you already forgotten the reputation of the consultants hired to implement it?

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Re:RyuJIT: The next-generation JIT compiler for .NET by pjmlp on Tuesday October 01, 2013 @09:18AM (#6475864)
Actually I used to think the same, until I discovered who did the job.

Currently, I think it failed thanks to the usual quality of outsourced projects with off-shoring developers than tooling.

Of course it is always easier to blame the tools.

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Re:RyuJIT: The next-generation JIT compiler for .NET by spongle on Tuesday October 01, 2013 @07:54AM (#6475516)
I think you can put TradElect down to hiring monkeys rather than professionals. It would have failed in C++ and on the JVM with those guys.
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