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Now at Facebook there are about as many C++ developers as PHP. Sounds like a shift to me...

http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2012/04/11/facebook-and-cpp/

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C++ is coming back in a big way because it saves money. It is the king of performance per watt, per cycle, per transistor which directly translates to performance per dollar. It cannot be beaten.

http://www.alejandrosegovia.net/2011/09/08/herb-sutters-why-...

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