On: Web Service Efficiency at Instagram with Python

[nemothekid]

>how much would a company of Instagram's scale switching from Python to a lower level language like C++

I guess one thing you have to consider is

1. How many engineers do you have to hire to make Python "fast enough"

vs

2. What does it cost to deploy a full C++ team? Is it easier for new programmers to learn & write safe C++ code vs. Python.

I wonder what is cheaper?

[SEJeff → nemothekid]

    s/C\+\+/golang/g