itssami
Mar 21 2006, 07:58 AM
| | Im just curious to know , which is the programming language behind the following websites.if u know anyone/all of them please tell me.
1- ebay.com
2- amazon.com
3- msn.com ( i assume asp.net)
4- yahoo.com
5- google.com
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T100
Mar 21 2006, 04:10 PM
People say that google is using a varient of BSD, which is a Unix system. BSD, like Unix, is written in C / C++ mainly. The distributed crawling and caching of data, must be an application buit on the OS, and I suppose they are still written in C / C++. Scripts are too slow for the purpose. The integration with database may be easier , but speed is more important. Yahoo is running BSD too. BSD systems are known to be very stable, probably more stable then Linux and definitely more stable than M$ crappy products.
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Inspiron
Mar 21 2006, 04:37 PM
I assuming you are asking what scripts they are using for their webpages. The only thing we know will be the type of server-side scripting they are using. Database or how they manage their data, we will not know as it is done on the servers and is inivisible to us. Ebay.comMost probably JSP. The hint if from the Java logo on it's page. The site is powered by Java. Amazon.comNot quite sure. The URL in Amazon are pretty well hidden and the technology used is not very obvious. Msn.comASP definately. It's part of a Microsoft site. We will be laughing if they use any others. Yahoo.comSame as Amazon.com, the URL used are pretty well hidden and the technology used is not very obvious. Google.comSame as Amazon.com, the URL used are pretty well hidden and the technology used is not very obvious. But I believe Google is using PHP with Zend to speed up processes.
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rvalkass
Mar 21 2006, 08:24 PM
I would presume that Amazon uses C, C++, Java or Perl, as a job advert for a web operator at their UK office reads: QUOTE If you have delivered robust, mission-critical applications using C/C++, Perl or Java on UNIX, we want to talk to you. Using the same technique with Yahoo, they seem to use a combination of the same stuff as Amazon, although a larger focus is placed on C++ as the basis of the system, and other languages used purely to display it on the web. QUOTE primarily C++ libraries accessed directly and through Perl, Python, PHP wrapper Google seems to have gone the whole hog, and has used virtually every programming language under the Sun. Some parts of the site have been done in Python, as shown with the URLs, other bits appear to be in PHP and they advertise for people with skills in C++, Java and Perl. Then again, I could be totally wrong.
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NovaTerra
Mar 21 2006, 09:58 PM
Wow, I never really knew that. I'm very interested in what Yahoo! used though.
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sportytalk
Mar 22 2006, 10:52 PM
Thanks for the list. It's quite cool just thinking about the language these well known sites use server side for its users. I always thought search engines would have used asp, cgi, php, jsp or something else like that, for the simple reason that they need to be able to execute database commands promptly to produce the relevant information for the users. I reckon the truth is, as mentioned briefly above, that these sites don't just use one programming language, I reckon they use a variety of different programming languages. Still, this is just one of those things we will never have the answer for! 
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Florisjuh
Apr 3 2006, 02:42 PM
Yeah they probably use very much different programming languages, remember, a mixed flavor is the best flavor! Nice research done by some people by the way!
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unicornrose
Apr 3 2006, 11:25 PM
In addition to the engines that power the searches alot of those sites also use CSS or style sheets and various forms of html. Did you know that those sites where you can not change the size of the fonts with your browser are usually done with style sheets? Style sheets can standardized your font size and look.
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jaylin
Apr 4 2006, 10:04 AM
QUOTE(unicornrose @ Apr 3 2006, 11:25 PM) 
In addition to the engines that power the searches alot of those sites also use CSS or style sheets and various forms of html. Did you know that those sites where you can not change the size of the fonts with your browser are usually done with style sheets? Style sheets can standardized your font size and look.
i have seen .aspx in the google website. but, this is not the original langauge of the google. also, asp.net language is not the only one language for this website. for this data access (database) i have no idea. but, they pointing (index) of the db is pretty great ...
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mama_soap
Apr 4 2006, 06:48 PM
Google definitely seems to have a lot to do with Python; and I'm saying this because if you look up the job pages on Google, one of their common requirements seem to be coding skills in Python. For those who have never heard of Python, it's an interpreted programming language similar to Perl in many ways, except it's more light weight, and in most circumstances, the code itself is a _lot_ easier to read. It's an ideal example of those simple-but-powerful languages. Yahoo uses MySQL for storing their databases, which run into tetrabytes. Yahoo also uses Perl and Python to a large extent to operate, and perhaps C/C++ to some extent. It's hard to know what technology goes into making these sites unless you know some programmer who actually works there... I guess some of that information may even be classified (I mean trade secret material... although I couldn't be too sure). HTH, Cheers.
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iGuest
Jun 12 2009, 02:07 PM
Not 100% sure but this is what I hear:
Amazon is made in mostly perl
Also user authentication and CC but thats easy
And google uses python for the engine and then uses a combination of PHP and perl
Twitter was made in Ruby on Rails (100% sure on this)
Microsoft was made in ASP.NET
MSN was made in asp.Net or asp most likely.
Facebook was made in PHP
Myspace was made in Coldfusion
Google Maps - Definitly Ajax and flash
Google Chrome - c++
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iGuest
Sep 2 2008, 07:44 PM
programming languages used at google
What Is Programming Language Of Google Etc.?
Http://groups.Google.Com/group/fa.Haskell/browse_thread/thread/59409c0aeee78449 That statement is somewhat backed up by Google itself.. Http://code.Google.Com/edu/languages/index.html They have modules to learn more about C++, Java, and Python. What does it tell you? -reply by dracula
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Galahad
Jul 19 2008, 02:22 AM
I can with certainty speak for Google, but not too much, obviousely... There's such thing called a "Non-Disclosure Agreement" or "NDA"... So, anyone working there, can't really talk about anything specific... Now, before you all think I work, or have worked at Google, stop right now - I haven't (though I wish I could)... I just know a guy who did... Working environment is great, and as you see in movies, TV's everywhere, soda machines, beanbags, and relaxation areas in offices... I can tell you that Google, for it's search engine, does not use MySQL... I mean, look at it, you can't use any conventional database system for such a gigantic site... They have virtually thousands of terrabytes of information on their servers... Google uses it's own version of database system - I don't know how they call it, I don't know the specifics, but I know that they do, and that's all I can say... For back-end, they use pure C, and some Perl... For GMail backend, they have some email software, I believe developed by them, and front end, well... PHP combined with AJAX... By the way, did I say I hate AJAX? It's so slow, and tends to kill even the fast connections... Oh, and AJAX is NOT a programming language, it stands for Asynchronous JavaScript and XML, so it's technically JavaScript... Anyways, such big sites must use fast, and above all, customized software, because they don't quite do what a next guy would do... My Perl junk filter works great for me, but it would be lamely slow in GMail... But, we all agree that they all work with PHP, Perl, Python, C/C++, and Java (all flavours)... P.S. If some big giant head from Google reads this, I made it up 
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andresf91
Jul 15 2008, 11:10 PM
I think the only accurate way to find out what is the programming language of Google is from someone who works there. Because talking about Google is something very general this days, in my opinion. It used to be a cool search engine, now it's Google, it's everywhere, it's my email address, Google Earth, a toolbar in my browser... come on! Please, correct me if I'm wrong, but if Google is hiring C, C++, Java, Shell, PHP, Perl and Python engineers, all we know is that they use them all. But we can't know whether they are using C++ in the search engine or in Google Earth, or both. Why can't they access the info via different languages, depending on the one with best performance for the application. Anyway, I suppose that Google doesn't use PHP for the search engine, as Google's founders began its development in 1995/96 at school and it was then when PHP/FI was first realeased so I don't think they'd used a new technology, which was VERY basic in those times, to make a very advanced thing. Don't you think?
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iGuest
Jul 7 2008, 12:01 PM
Programming Language of Google/Yahoo/Amazon etc
What Is Programming Language Of Google Etc.?
Hi I believe that a lot of scripting languages are used in the making of google.Basically they have should have used JSP and AJAX. Backend would be definitely MySql.CSS is definitely a part of the design. Yahoo ,I think they have moved a lot to AJAX as we see the latest version of Yahoo. Aarthi Devaprasad -reply by Aarthi Devaprasad
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