Programming languages, much like the jackass in the middle, are tools. Different tools are for different things. The right tool for the job can make your day. The wrong tool can make you question your entire career.

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 weeks ago (7 children)

I seem to remember hearing this story: Back in the 2000s, Google did all their back-end stuff in C++ to make sure it was performant, and when they acquired Youtube they found it was made in Python, slow to run, fast to develop.

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

Did they change it after the acquisition? Or is python why it's still so freaking slow?

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 8 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Lol @ YouTube being slow

Look at the amount of data that goes through their servers every millisecond. It's ridiculous. All things considered, YouTube is lightning fast.

Maybe the UI isn't as snappy as it could be, but the blame there lies solely on throwing more and more javascript at it to add "features" that end users don't really want.

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Aaand artificially slowing down video loading by several seconds, last but not least.

[–] CheesyFox@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

is it tho? Or youtub is just profitable enough to neglect the compute overhead cost?

[–] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 1 points 2 weeks ago

YouTube is surprisingly not very profitable

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