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OKCupid is written in C++ as well. (http://www.okcupid.com/about/technology)



That seems really strange. I mean I get why their database is written in that, but I would imagine that their matching algorithms, at least, were written in something more easily adapted to change. It is one of the cases where I would want to write it in Lisp.




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