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>Facebook and YouTube were both created later, and in PHP

youtube was always done in python as far as I understand. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-lGCC4KKok

But yeah, back in 2002-3 coldfusion was an option.

Youtube pre-Google was PHP

Youtube pre-Google was still Python, from the way several Youtubers have told it to be. Maybe an initial prototype was PHP, but not what was running when it was purchased.

And trust me, there is no way Google ever would have said "rewrite it in Python." They would have said "rewrite it in Java," like every other frontend they run (Gmail, Calendar, Docs, etc).

my primary reference that it has always been python is this video from 2007 which was only shortly after they were acquired.

http://youtu.be/ZW5_eEKEC28?t=4m8s

An option much like washing your feet in boiling sulphuric acid is a way of getting sand out from between your toes.

When something makes PHP look like a bastion of sanity and competence, you really should run a million miles in the other direction.

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