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> At Facebook we run Haskell on thousands of servers Wow, I didn't know this. Anyone knows for which programs they use Haskell? The article doesn't say anythin

• kornakiewicz 10y ago
  https://code.facebook.com/posts/745068642270222/fighting-spam-with-haskell/ https://code.facebook.com/posts/745068642270222/fighting-spa...
• DigitalJack 10y ago
  its for spam detection. Everything that gets posted on Facebook is processed by this code. There is a talk on it from a year or two ago at a functional programming conference. I'll see if I can find it and edit this post.
  • noir_lord 10y ago
    I remember this one https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UMbc6iyH-xQ https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UMbc6iyH-xQ is that it?
    • DigitalJack 10y ago
      No, but I apparently didn't bookmark it and I'm having trouble finding it again. This might be it, don't have time to verify right now: http://cufp.org/2015/fighting-spam-with-haskell-at-facebook.html http://cufp.org/2015/fighting-spam-with-haskell-at-facebook....
  • thedufer 10y ago
    Simon Marlow gave a talk at icfp in 2014 or 2015 that might be what you're referring to
    • thedufer 10y ago
      Sorry, couldn't look it up very well from my phone. I'm fairly certain you're referring to Simon Marlow's "Fighting Spam with Haskell" from ICFP 2015. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOEGfnjh92o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOEGfnjh92o Abstract: http://cufp.org/2015/fighting-spam-with-haskell-at-facebook.html http://cufp.org/2015/fighting-spam-with-haskell-at-facebook....
  • sdm 10y ago
    Probably this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlTO510zO78 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlTO510zO78