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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 my god! by SpanishInquisition · · Score: 3, Funny

    Cats sleeping with dogs, PHP useful at something!!!

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  2. Dangers by briggsb · · Score: 5, Funny

    I hope the developers at Yahoo! understand fully the dangers of using PHP.

  3. One Yahoo user's perspective by Waab · · Score: 5, Funny

    As long as the change doesn't cause me to lose the lead in my fantasy hockey league, Yahoo can do whatever it pleases.

    And, if I do happen to lose the lead in my fantasy hockey league, I now have something to blame it on.

  4. Re:hmm... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny
    *applys for a job*
    Be sure to spell check your resume before your applys. ;)
  5. Time to buy SUN stocks ... by nick-less · · Score: 3, Funny

    yahoo will need more E10000's soon ;-)

  6. Re:Oh no! by mr_z_beeblebrox · · Score: 5, Funny

    Would the PHB's like it?

    engineer:this is a rare opportunity phb: hmm?....
    engineer: PHP is not yet a buzz word...we can set the market, indicators would rise, indexes improve, shareholder confidence would surge!
    phb: WOW! I want PHP!
    Jr. Engineer: What did all that stuff you said mean?
    (clever)engineer: With Y having nearly 11M lines of code to rewrite in a new language....it means job security (and we still don't have to wear a suit)

  7. Next Obvious Question... by DarkHelmet · · Score: 5, Funny

    If Yahoo can do it, why can't slashdot?

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  8. Re:There are many good reasons. by selectspec · · Score: 3, Funny

    Your fired.

    -your boss-

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  9. Re:Is yahoo still profitable? by freaker_TuC · · Score: 3, Funny


    #1: make search engine
    #2: make portal in cgi
    #3: profit
    #4: make portal in php
    #5: more profit

    yes it is still profitable if you follow this businessplan :)

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  10. Re:There are many good reasons. by T3kno · · Score: 5, Funny

    Um...just because you have an email address @yahoo.com doesn't mean you work for Yahoo!

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  11. Big Mistake by Pinball+Wizard · · Score: 5, Funny

    Clearly, they should have used Cobol.NET.

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  12. Re:Seems like a silly move... by photon317 · · Score: 4, Funny


    1) I see Java-lovers have knocked me down -2 overrated so it's back down to 3. Way to squelch opposing opinion there.

    2) To ALL the repliers here: I know exactly what I'm talking about. I have coded expertly and will continue to do so in everything from x86 asm to C to C++ to Java to Perl to ..... enough to know. I have written enterprise-class multi-platform java software with 100,000 users and a terabyte database behind it. I've written dos .com program using "copy con" and the numeric keypad, and everything else inbetween. I'm here to tell you, Java is a fucking pig, and you need to realize it. Don't fool yourself with propoganda just because Java is your life and income.

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