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What did they switch to? Source?

• Kiro 12y ago
  http://www.quora.com/When-did-Facebook-switch-away-from-using-Erlang-for-Facebook-Chat http://www.quora.com/When-did-Facebook-switch-away-from-usin...
  • rgbrgb 12y ago
    Thanks. Sounds like they didn't really figure out what the problem was with the Erlang implementation but instead reimplemented with C++ systems that were existing, built in-house, and better understood. Makes total sense but shouldn't be taken as a point for or against Erlang as much as it's a point for using a stack your team is familiar with (or has a deep motivation to get familiar with).