Google is a Python shop primarily, but Yahoo employs a good chunk of the PHP internals development team, like Rasmus and Sara Goleman. They do a ton with PHP. On Saturday 19 May 2007, Al wrote: > Use php and get the site on the air ASAP, so it generates revenue. > > You can a quickly and cheaply upgrade the hardware if the need arises. The > OS and webserver software will probably make a bigger difference. Seems > like I recall someone said Google and Yahoo use PHP. > > Merlin wrote: > > Hi there, > > > > I am thinking about creating a kind of adserver which is customized for > > my needs. As I would be most confident in doing this with php, I am > > asking myself if this is the right choice or if it would be wiser to > > take a C++ aproach for example to get a higher performance just in case > > the site grows fast. > > Do you guys think that a php build webserver would be able to scale and > > perform well enough for serving millions of adimpressions daily? > > > > Thank you for any advice, > > > > Merlin -- Larry Garfield AIM: LOLG42 larry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ICQ: 6817012 "If nature has made any one thing less susceptible than all others of exclusive property, it is the action of the thinking power called an idea, which an individual may exclusively possess as long as he keeps it to himself; but the moment it is divulged, it forces itself into the possession of every one, and the receiver cannot dispossess himself of it." -- Thomas Jefferson -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
