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joshlemer on March 11, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Scala School

Is it really common for companies to have a single dominant language though? It seems that most companies have their eggs in four or so baskets.

argonaut on March 11, 2016 [–]

Yes, totally. I'm talking about their core language. LinkedIn's core language is Java. Google's main languages are C++ and Java. Pinterest is mostly Python. Quora's core is Python. Stripe's core is Ruby.

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