Yahoo Moving to PHP

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Posted by michael on Tuesday October 29, 2002 @09:57AM 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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Dangers by briggsb · 2002-10-29 10:01 · Score: 5, Funny

I hope the developers at Yahoo! understand fully the dangers of using PHP.
One Yahoo user's perspective by Waab · 2002-10-29 10:07 · 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.
Re:hmm... by Anonymous Coward · 2002-10-29 10:08 · Score: 4, Funny

*applys for a job*
Be sure to spell check your resume before your applys. ;)
Re:Oh no! by mr_z_beeblebrox · 2002-10-29 10:24 · 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)
Next Obvious Question... by DarkHelmet · 2002-10-29 11:08 · Score: 5, Funny

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

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Re:There are many good reasons. by T3kno · 2002-10-29 12:08 · Score: 5, Funny

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

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Big Mistake by Pinball+Wizard · 2002-10-29 12:36 · Score: 5, Funny

Clearly, they should have used Cobol.NET.

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Re:Seems like a silly move... by photon317 · 2002-10-29 15:43 · 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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