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Just curious, what would you write the backend for AIM in? I don't have any experience developing messaging-type apps.

• menloparkbum 18y ago
  C.
• yan 18y ago
  Erlang is a fine option. So is C.
  • mosburger 18y ago
    Dang - I was going to say Erlang. This is an ideal application for Erlang... scalability and uptime. There's a reason it's heritage is in the teleco industry.
    • davidw 18y ago
      I went and had a look at the slides for their 'scaling twitter' presentation, and it looks like they had a look at Erlang and reacted with some silly "ooh, it looks ugly" sort of comment. Seems pretty silly to reject something out of hand that is very much along the lines of what you need.
• axod 18y ago
  Java would work extremely well.