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		ksec on May 24, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Who regrets choosing Elixir? >IIRC, Whatsapp backend used to be on Erlang Used to be? I know WhatsApp switched from FreeBSD to Linux and swapped hundreds bare metal servers to thousands of VMs. I dont think WhatsApp ever swapped / rewrote their system in another language under Facebook.

thijsvandien on May 24, 2020 [–]

There was some confusion about that a little while ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21111662

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