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Yahoo Moving to PHP

Posted by michael on from the herding-cats dept.

Erek Dyskant writes "Yahoo has decided to switch from a proprietary system written in C/C++ to PHP for their backend scripting. Here's the notes from a presentation by a Yahoo engineer at PHP Con 2002."

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  1. Oh no! by sisukapalli1 · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    No XML, J2EE Engines and the like? Afterall, simple PHP?

    Would the PHB's like it?

    S

  2. 3m LINES OF PERL? by _ph1ux_ · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    3 Million lines of perl?!

    Well I am sure there are some perl monkeys on slashdot who will proclaim "Hell I can reduce that 3 millions lines down to 50 in perl!"

  3. Re:There are many good reasons. by hondo77 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    ...all I can say to you people is "grow up."

    Spoken like a courageous Anonymous Coward. Wait a second...

    --
    I live ze unknown. I love ze unknown. I am ze unknown.
  4. Re:Perl was ruled out WHY??? by KidSock · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    The fact that perl lets you create a mess may be open to debate, but it certainly doesn't mean it will be a mess.

    The Second Law of Themodynamics suggest that you will be proven wrong.