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		tlb on May 20, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Yahoo buys Viaweb for $49 million (1998) Again, there was no complete re-write. It remained a mix of Lisp, Perl5 and C++.

orangethirty on May 20, 2013 [–]

Cool, thanks for answering. I wonder how many languages Yahoo currently uses. Given how many acquisitions they have done over the years.

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