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The industry is moving away from the client library approach. This is possible in a place like Google where they force folks to write software in one of four l

The industry is moving away from the client library approach. This is possible in a place like Google where they force folks to write software in one of four languages (C++, Java, Go, Python) but doesn't scale to a broader ecosystem.

pjmlp 5y ago
It sure scales, I am yet to work in organisations where everything goes. There are a set of sanctioned languages and that is about it.
- jayd16 5y ago
  The subtle aspect of the comment you're replying to is that _they write everything_. Hard to cram a new library into some closed source vendor app.
  - pjmlp 5y ago
    Depends how it was written and made extensible.