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I think the most interesting part to me is that the infrastructure is written in C++. With over a billion active users, this is likely a huge cost savings for
by mempko 9y ago
I think the most interesting part to me is that the infrastructure is written in C++. With over a billion active users, this is likely a huge cost savings for them.
- nimchimpsky 9y agoin what way ?
- sigjuice 9y agoHow does "infrastructure in C++" translate to huge cost savings?
- FrozenVoid 9y agoC++ is faster and takes less memory than any interpreted language and most compiled languages. C++ will also simplify to C in most optimizations, which can strip away C++ cruft without removing type safety of c++.