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I think Mibbit, much like twitter, is one of those apps that is a non-traditional webapp. While its a web based frontend the traffic and distribution of chat m

I think Mibbit, much like twitter, is one of those apps that is a non-traditional webapp. While its a web based frontend the traffic and distribution of chat messages is a much different beast then what most webapps do. Java is very likely a much better choice for these reasons.

tptacek 17y ago
Twitter runs under serious load using "scripting languages". The issue is runtime, not language.
- axod 17y ago
  Twitter has money to throw at machines. They don't need to do all those boring things like "Being profitable".
- Tichy 17y ago
  Scala is not a scripting language.
  - tptacek 17y ago
    "Scripting language" is a stupid term, but it's the term the article used.
Tichy 17y ago
But what if traditional webapps are on the way out?
- mikeryan 17y ago
  Actually after I wrote that post, that's something I've been tossing around. So many of the current crop of web superstars, like facebook, twitter, friendfeed etc. are built around streams of data as opposed to serving more traditional static(ish) pages. Perhaps a new type of web framework is needed to address these breeds of apps.