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Yes, good point. But you have to wonder what kind of engineering effort went into scaling PHP and MySQL up to the point where they decided to build a compiler a
by fauigerzigerk 3y ago
Yes, good point. But you have to wonder what kind of engineering effort went into scaling PHP and MySQL up to the point where they decided to build a compiler and a storage engine.
- rafark 3y agoWhen you have half a billion users that both read and write all day, you have to optimize, no matter the tech.
- fauigerzigerk 3y agoThat is undeniably true, but I do think the starting point still matters.
- disgruntledphd2 3y agoIt was much, much, much cheaper than a rewrite would have been, that's why they did it. Edit: also, in 2004 when they got started, what else could they have used?