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What nine of the world's largest websites are running on

• alaskamiller 19y ago
  I'm just surprised LISP isn't on there.
  • jsrfded 19y ago
    Really?
• oditogre 19y ago
  Nobody uses PostgreSQL?
  • DocSavage 19y ago
    Yeah, that really stood out. Seven out of 8 or 9 used MySQL.
    • aston 19y ago
      It's not so suprising. You don't really need the overhead PostgreSQL brings in for most web applications. You probably don't need the overhead of SQL Server, either.
• dannyroa 19y ago
  Anybody remember the site that scans a web site and returns its technology profile (e.g. javascript libraries used, server, language, etc.)?
  • jemroc 19y ago
    builtwith.com
    • Zak 19y ago
      I'm not impressed. It thought a site running Hunchentoot behind mod-lisp was PHP-based.
• deleted 19y ago
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• nickb 19y ago
  This sort of stuff is irrelevant. These sites are not successful because of the backend.
  • joe 19y ago
    I could be wrong, but I don't think anyone's implying that these sites' success is due to their backends. However, backend choices do affect uptime, scalability, ease of development, ease of finding/fixing bugs, etc. So I would certainly take issue with your claim that "this sort of stuff is irrelevant".
  • ptn 19y ago
    It's just curiosity.
• lst 19y ago
  I'd be really interested in their exact definition of 'large'.