Re: Interesting article by Joel Spolsky: The Perils of JavaSchools

From: mschaef@xxxxxxxxxxx (MSCHAEF.COM)
Date: Sat, 07 Jan 2006 15:09:58 -0600

In article <MPG.1e29c3808733565798a94f@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Gerry Quinn <gerryq@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
..
>(IIRC, after he was bought out the new owners re-wrote it in Java.)

Yes, viaweb was eventually rewritten in C++. More recently (the last few
months) Reddit was rewritten in Python, due to some sort of threading
related stability issue in the Lisp they used.

-Mike
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http://www.mschaef.com
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References:
- Interesting article by Joel Spolsky: The Perils of JavaSchools
  - From: Casey Hawthorne
- Re: Interesting article by Joel Spolsky: The Perils of JavaSchools
  - From: Phlip
- Re: Interesting article by Joel Spolsky: The Perils of JavaSchools
  - From: Arthur J. O'Dwyer
- Re: Interesting article by Joel Spolsky: The Perils of JavaSchools
  - From: Gerry Quinn

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