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> Do you know such people who work on large software systems, as opposed to, say, micro-controller firmware, or kernel drivers and such? Redis is written entir
by 1024core 4y ago
> Do you know such people who work on large software systems, as opposed to, say, micro-controller firmware, or kernel drivers and such?
Redis is written entirely in C.
- jrockway 4y agoI really don't think Redis is a large software system. Things like Firefox, Chrome, AAA games, etc. are what I'd call large C++ systems.
- summerlight 4y agoI don't think that Redis qualifies as a large software system in the modern standard. In fact, it's popular because it's simple, small and understandable compared to its competitors which comprises of many millions of lines of code.
- einpoklum 4y agoRedis is ~200K lines of C code, so it's relevant project-size-wise, but - redis was started in C, right? It's not like developers now have the option to "go C++" without a company-wide decision. Still, if could quote Redis developers making the GP's claim, that would count.