Bojan Nastic ha scritto:
quoted text > eBay used to use C++. There was a .pdf some time ago where they
> described some of their C++ stuff (and compiler errors like "too many
> class methods", good ol' code generators...)
> They've since moved to Java, but I don't remember if it's a 100% Java
> shop now.
>
I think you refer at this document [1].
quoted text > As for Amazon, look at their Web Services for some ideas. Also, Steve
> Yegge's old blog (don't have the url at hand) has many pointers.
>
> So, yes, go for Python wherever you can. Ruby is in very bad shape
> internally (language can be as "pretty" as they want, but VM is what I
> care about the most).
> PHP, well... you should use it ONLY if you know *exactly* what you're
> doing, otherwise it's worse than C++ when it comes to "shoot yourself
> in the foot".
> There are some very nice alternatives, like seaside/Smalltalk.
>
Python is mature, but working with frameworks like Zope/Plone, it's
really bad... It's crappy. I'm more confortable with django...Much more
MVC (or as django team says, MTV).
I agree with you, php it's good just if you know how to develop, or just
use CakePhp another MVC framework..
I think that all depend of what you have to do... And how much scalable,
your application need to be...
-Francesco
quoted text > On 29 Apr 2008, at 00:41, raven wrote:
>
>> Bertrand Janin ha scritto:
>>>> I Wonder what amazon.com and Ebay.com use? it would stand to reason
>>>> that they would need speed any place they can get it.
>>>> I wonder if they use C?
>>>>
>>>
>>> I remember seeing "Sun" microbanners here and there on eBay, it might
>>> scream "Java".
>>>
>>>
>> But, sometimes, you see someting like this:
>>
http://cgi3.*ebay*.it/ws/*eBay*ISAPI.*dll*?ViewUserPage
>> So, as you can see, this horrorful extension seems to scream
>> "Micro$hit environments"
>> No?
