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by RcouF1uZ4gsC 1723 days ago
I think eventually all infrastructure software tends to be written in a language like C, C++, or Rust where you have fine grained, low-level control of memory and performance. For widely used infrastructure, the optimization time is justified by how much it will be used.
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I'm missing the connection between this comment and the blog post.
I assume the connection is: Neo4j is not written in any of those, but in Java
An example of that would be Scylla, that's compatible with Cassandra but more performant and written in C++.