Deepak Bala wrote:They dont use C. They use all the languages from A to Z so that you can type any search term. Numbers are converted to an ASCII equivalent in order to be evaluated
Paul Sturrock wrote: Best ask Google really.
Maneesh Godbole wrote:
Careful there.
If you type google, into google, you can break the internet!
Paul Clapham wrote:
But if you meant it to be a serious problem, then tell us that (by replying to this post) and a moderator will move the thread to somewhere less meaningless, like General Computing for example.
Arun Kumar wrote:there was previous discussion , but with no conclusion
https://coderanch.com/t/43900/Meaningless-Drivel/things-Google-use-developing#325316
srinivas chary wrote:Amazon uses CGI. Enter amazon.com/index.cgi to see yourself
The Sun Certified Java Developer Exam with J2SE 5: paper version from Amazon, PDF from Apress, Online reference: Books 24x7 Personal blog
Andrew Monkhouse wrote:
Back to the original question. Looking at a current job advertisement on Google itself, I see they are looking for "experience with C++ and/or Java (C, Python and JavaScript also useful)".
Paul Sturrock wrote:This particular argument is as old as the hills, and slighly pointless in my opinion. If you want a proper answer you should really ask it in the performance forum.
Since you asked it here, I'm going to say the answer is, oh, 42.
The Google MapReduce framework is implemented in C++ with interfaces in Python and Java.
Jesper Young wrote:If you want to know how Google works, read MapReduce
That article says:
The Google MapReduce framework is implemented in C++ with interfaces in Python and Java.
So I guess there's the answer you're looking for: C++.