+ 1

Is it the same programming language which which was used to write Facebook, google or twitter?

25th Dec 2017, 9:10 AM
Innocent Savieri
Innocent Savieri - avatar
3 Réponses
+ 9
Google and Facebook are now very large enterprises that maintain huge codebases in C++, Java, Python and many other languages. However, as MrCoder indicates, Facebook started as a PHP app. And Twitter started as a Ruby shop. Once a company reaches a certain size, it makes more financial sense to build highly optimized stuff in C++.
25th Dec 2017, 12:30 PM
Eric Blinkidu
Eric Blinkidu - avatar
+ 4
Facebook: PHP Google(Chrome?): C++ but shifted to Go I think? Twitter: Ruby
25th Dec 2017, 9:46 AM
MrCoder
MrCoder - avatar
+ 1
Yeah, those companies use everything under the sun. Twitter is known for its Scala usage, too. Large companies often switch to type safe languages and compiled languages. C++ doesn't have much of a role in web services.
25th Dec 2017, 4:59 PM
1of3
1of3 - avatar