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I'm surprised they didn't have it until now...

• joeblau 11y ago
  It's not really that surprising. They started with Python because the inventor of Python worked there. Then they added Java because... well it's Java. Then they added GoLang because they invented it. Then they added PHP because most of the internet still runs on that. So Node is the next logical step... or Ruby probably would have worked as well.
  • aleaxit 11y ago
    Actually, when we started (GAE) with Python, my friend Guido didn't YET work here -- I was finally able to convince him to join, shortly after GAE's launch, in part thanks to the prospect of working on GAE's Python (which is what he ended up doing here, especially developing ndb, but also many other little things). Python was at the heart of Google for long before that (read Levy's "In the 'plex"...!-) -- or I wouldn't have joined Google 11 years ago, BTW. As for Java, well -- guess who announced Java to the world at Moscone Center in SF 21 years ago...? One Eric Schmidt, then Sun's VP for SW products (he reminisced about that this morning at his Next keynote)... who just happened to be Google's CEO when Java was announced as GAE's 2nd language!