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IntelliJ IDEA or Android. Of course, you could use any language for a big project but unless you have specific requirenments (usually C-like performance), Java / C# is the best choice.

Photoshop - Needs C-like performance for image processing parts. If they started development today, I think they would go with a C# / C++ hybrid.

Facebook - The fact that they had to write their own PHP compiler is telling. PHP is nowdays quite similar to Java without the tooling, performance and massive ecosystem.



Can't go wrong with a multi-paradigm managed C-derived language.




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