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Why Is Python So Popular in 2025? (blog.jetbrains.com)

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[–] masterspace@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

No, it's not. It was rewritten in Facebook's version of PHP when they bought them.

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[–] feddylemmy@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Here's a blog post from meta, they introduced immortal objects to python to help with their Instagram scaling.

https://engineering.fb.com/2023/08/15/developer-tools/immortal-objects-for-python-instagram-meta/

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[–] masterspace@lemmy.ca 1 point 1 year ago

Huh, TIL, I didn't realize they kept the gateway servers in Python.

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