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Re:Ask HN: Why does the enterprise have such a strong affini... by btilly on Saturday July 26, 2014 @04:48PM (#8090749)
From Python? Not off of the top of my head.

But Amazon, eBay and Citysearch are examples of companies that started with Perl and then made such transitions to Java/C++. (With an exact mix and history that varies. For instance I believe that Amazon still uses all three, while eBay went from Perl to C++ to Java in complete rewrites.)

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Re:Ask HN: Why does the enterprise have such a strong affini... by fizwhiz on Saturday July 26, 2014 @05:07PM (#8090798)
This definitely seems like a cyclical thing. I'm aware that PayPal (owned by eBay) also went through a rewrite from C++ to Java over the last couple of years for its mid-tier web service stack (most but not all). The funny thing is that some of the services that never made it to the Java rewrite are now being considered to be rewritten in Scala.
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