Does Google also use PHP ?

[~n[EO]n~]

Just asking , what does GOOGLE use for web application script PHP or they have custom script they made, I tried to figure out but they don't show the extension in google and gmail.

 

Curious to know... 

[neylitalo]

I highly doubt they use PHP. While PHP is, indeed, very powerful, with a heavy-duty and heavy-traffic service like Google, PHP would be one of the worst ways to go. I assume they use python, perl, or a combination of the two.

[448191]

I'm guessing they use application servers, custom build applications in a relatively low-level language like C++ or even C.

[Daniel0]

They use Python for the web pages, but the other things (spiders etc.) are probably written in a compiles language.

[TheFilmGod]

I highly doubt they use PHP. While PHP is, indeed, very powerful, with a heavy-duty and heavy-traffic service like Google, PHP would be one of the worst ways to go. I assume they use python, perl, or a combination of the two.

 

I dont want to side track to much, but is php unable to take high traffic? What if you have a dedicated server? Does that help?

[neylitalo]

I highly doubt they use PHP. While PHP is, indeed, very powerful, with a heavy-duty and heavy-traffic service like Google, PHP would be one of the worst ways to go. I assume they use python, perl, or a combination of the two.

 

I dont want to side track to much, but is php unable to take high traffic? What if you have a dedicated server? Does that help?

 

PHP is able to work with high levels of traffic, but there are much better alternatives for something like Google. I guess that there would be a detectable performance decrease if they were to use PHP.

[Liquid Fire]

I highly doubt they use PHP. While PHP is, indeed, very powerful, with a heavy-duty and heavy-traffic service like Google, PHP would be one of the worst ways to go. I assume they use python, perl, or a combination of the two.

 

I dont want to side track to much, but is php unable to take high traffic? What if you have a dedicated server? Does that help?

 

Almost any normal website would be able to use PHP for their scripts however site like google and yahoo i can see them using something like perl or python but i also believe they do use PHP for some of their other web application along with C++/C, Java, and probably many others

[Daniel0]

I highly doubt they use PHP. While PHP is, indeed, very powerful, with a heavy-duty and heavy-traffic service like Google, PHP would be one of the worst ways to go. I assume they use python, perl, or a combination of the two.

 

I dont want to side track to much, but is php unable to take high traffic? What if you have a dedicated server? Does that help?

 

Almost any normal website would be able to use PHP for their scripts however site like google and yahoo i can see them using something like perl or python but i also believe they do use PHP for some of their other web application along with C++/C, Java, and probably many others

 

AFAIK Yahoo uses PHP.

[steelmanronald06]

Yes, Yahoo is a PHP based site.  Google uses a combination of Python, C/C++, and a language of their own.  Most companies like google will have developers who make their own private web language. I'll try to find the article again that says what languages GOOGLE uses.