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It's a stupid question because the particular dialect of assembler this was written in is completely irrelevant for performance considerations. You've been bra

It's a stupid question because the particular dialect of assembler this was written in is completely irrelevant for performance considerations. You've been brainwashed by the idiotic pop culture language wars that pretend a question like Ruby vs Python vs whatever has any meaning. These are debates over buzzwords, not reality. All that matters is the database configuration and associated architecture. Not some buzzword drama.

xtracto 14y ago
Wow, news.ycombinator surely has become very offensive and attacking. So much that a person cannot ask questions about IT.
- forensic 14y ago
  "become" ? 4 years ago, stupid comments were brutally discouraged. People with stupid things to say would be dogpiled by negative comments. It is pop culture that thinks asking stupid questions is a virtue. Most people are just too tactful to tell the truth.
- pippy 14y ago
  The main issue with his post is he has no idea what he's talking about. He mentions languages neither interpreter is written in and talks about 'buzzwords', while all the products I mentioned are real things.
pippy 14y ago
I'm not sure what you're talking about. Both Python, PHP and Varnish are (mostly) written in higher level languages. Also performance has a massive effect on how and what language a site is written in.
- forensic 14y ago
  >I'm not sure what you're talking about. My comment is sarcastic and abstract. A literal interpretation will not suffice to understand my meaning. If you want it literally: the language this is written in is irrelevant, because the performance differences between the various languages are negligible next to the performance differences that come about due to the precise design of the website. A poorly engineered website in a "fast" language will still be slower than a well-engineered website in a "slow" language. The actual language is completely irrelevant next to the implementation details. >Also performance has a massive effect on how and what language a site is written in. Not really. Experienced engineers understand that language is basically irrelevant for a situation like this. Whether it is written in Python or something else is irrelevant information. Additionally, newbies tend to focus on "language" and "language wars" and the comparison between languages not for any engineering or technical reason. Newbies do this because languages represent buzzwords around which various communities congregate. The Python vs. Ruby fight is as irrelevant as the Presbyterian vs. Baptist fight. It is the psychological appeal of "identity politics" that motivates people to engage in these meaningless debates about buzzwords.

xtracto 14y ago

Wow, news.ycombinator surely has become very offensive and attacking. So much that a person cannot ask questions about IT.

forensic 14y ago
"become" ? 4 years ago, stupid comments were brutally discouraged. People with stupid things to say would be dogpiled by negative comments. It is pop culture that thinks asking stupid questions is a virtue. Most people are just too tactful to tell the truth.
pippy 14y ago
The main issue with his post is he has no idea what he's talking about. He mentions languages neither interpreter is written in and talks about 'buzzwords', while all the products I mentioned are real things.

pippy 14y ago

I'm not sure what you're talking about. Both Python, PHP and Varnish are (mostly) written in higher level languages. Also performance has a massive effect on how and what language a site is written in.

forensic 14y ago
>I'm not sure what you're talking about. My comment is sarcastic and abstract. A literal interpretation will not suffice to understand my meaning. If you want it literally: the language this is written in is irrelevant, because the performance differences between the various languages are negligible next to the performance differences that come about due to the precise design of the website. A poorly engineered website in a "fast" language will still be slower than a well-engineered website in a "slow" language. The actual language is completely irrelevant next to the implementation details. >Also performance has a massive effect on how and what language a site is written in. Not really. Experienced engineers understand that language is basically irrelevant for a situation like this. Whether it is written in Python or something else is irrelevant information. Additionally, newbies tend to focus on "language" and "language wars" and the comparison between languages not for any engineering or technical reason. Newbies do this because languages represent buzzwords around which various communities congregate. The Python vs. Ruby fight is as irrelevant as the Presbyterian vs. Baptist fight. It is the psychological appeal of "identity politics" that motivates people to engage in these meaningless debates about buzzwords.