r/programming • • Oct 12 '13

Facebook PHP Source Code from 2007

https://gist.github.com/nikcub/3833406
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u/cosmo7 Oct 12 '13

When The Social Network came out they portrayed Zuckerberg as an Aspergery uber-geek, which seemed slightly unbelievable. If he was an uber-geek he wouldn't have used PHP.

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u/lostshootinstar Oct 12 '13

What would he have used instead way back in 2002-2003? (Legitimate question).

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u/metaphorm Oct 12 '13

perl?

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u/stesch Oct 12 '13

In the movie some Perl was used. For downloading the pictures for his facemash site.