Comments on: Google: sorry, but Lisp/Ruby/Erlang not on the menu

By: staticsoda

staticsoda — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 02:57:26 +0000

Lisp is itself its own father.
I suspect the masters of Lisp could write a search application so powerful they would only need one machine given the rate of change we’re facing everyday.

It’s similar to the move Pi in which finding the answer will kill you. Lisp is God’s language.

By: Zing

Zing — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 05:29:18 +0000

If Google are willing to use something like Python, they should be willing to use nearly anything…

Funny how logic works in reality though.

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By: Andrew Kirkpatrick

Andrew Kirkpatrick — Fri, 30 May 2008 22:03:23 +0000

No mention of the programmer tax. If everyone there is skilled in one or more of Python/Java/C++/JS and skilling up to be more of an expert in them, adding Ruby to the mix means most coworkers won’t be able to help competently without sinking a lot of time into learning Ruby.

And for what? Ruby is slow, has weird scoping rules, implementation problems and encourages tricks that can easily confuse people new to your project. If the languages Google weren’t aren’t good enough, they wouldn’t be that successful.

By: Hauke

Hauke — Fri, 30 May 2008 09:05:36 +0000

Read the full article for the reasons behind the decision, they are missing here completely. JRuby is not ok. And an employer can tell you “no”.

By: Abraham Estrada

Abraham Estrada — Fri, 30 May 2008 00:59:17 +0000

Use Python.

By: bwtaylor

bwtaylor — Thu, 29 May 2008 19:12:16 +0000

So why not use JRuby? It’s just a java library. They can’t tell you “no” anymore than they can say not to use JSP, Velocity/Freemarker, or ant, right. Besides, JRuby is better than Ruby