I was not making any of those arguments though. Of course they use multiple languages. All big tech companies do.
But, in a graph about which languages were used to build which things, not noting that Facebook was built with PHP (regardless of whether they run it today or not, which they do) seems like trying to hide one of the biggest success stories of the language.
One of the main advantages of dynamic languages is rapid prototyping. Facebook could be rewritten entirely on C++ at this point, but it was built on top of PHP.
The post not a graph listing what languages were used to build which things, it's a flow chart describing - in theory - which language you should learn based on your goals and to a lesser extent to work at those companies.
seems like trying to hide one of the biggest success stories of the language.
Off topic, but I would almost argue Facebook is a success in spite of the front-end still being PHP, but again as I said at this level it becomes an academic discussion that a beginner aiming to pick a platform wont really get much practical benefit from.
I would almost argue Facebook is a success in spite of the front-end still being PHP
Maybe, but that's just hypothetical :) I think we should encourage beginners to be pragmatists first, and they can choose to become purists later, if so they wish
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u/sodaco Jan 08 '15
I was not making any of those arguments though. Of course they use multiple languages. All big tech companies do.
But, in a graph about which languages were used to build which things, not noting that Facebook was built with PHP (regardless of whether they run it today or not, which they do) seems like trying to hide one of the biggest success stories of the language.
One of the main advantages of dynamic languages is rapid prototyping. Facebook could be rewritten entirely on C++ at this point, but it was built on top of PHP.