Hacker News
new
|
past
|
comments
|
ask
|
show
|
jobs
|
submit
login
throwaway5959
8 months ago
|
parent
|
context
|
favorite
| on:
Ask HN: Does (or why does) anyone use MapReduce an...
I feel like that’s kind of like saying we don’t use Assembly anymore now that we have C. We’ve just built higher level abstractions on top of it.
falcor84
8 months ago
|
next
[–]
Yeah, that's exactly how I read the question, i.e. analogous to "does anyone still code in assembly, or has everyone switched to using abstractions?" and I think it's a very interesting one.
KaiserPro
8 months ago
|
prev
[–]
Its more like does anyone use goto.
Why use map:reduce when you can have an entire DAG for fanout/in?
Guidelines
|
FAQ
|
Lists
|
API
|
Security
|
Legal
|
Apply to YC
|
Contact
Search: