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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. Dangers by briggsb · · Score: 5, Funny

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

  2. 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.

  3. 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)

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

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

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

    Clearly, they should have used Cobol.NET.

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