 | View Full Version : How to find out which programming language is used? Blikje 03-29-2003, 04:28 AM Hi, How can you find out which programming language a site is using if you can't see it from the extension? And is it also possible to find out which database software is used? Jacco banner 03-29-2003, 04:36 AM Not really. And even if you know the extension, there's no guarantee that the site owner hasn't monkeyed with his cgi handlers to let another program parse them (ie .php extension gets run through perl). Of course, few people would do that. Your best bet to find out that kind of information would be to email the site's owner and ask him what scripts/languages he uses. I can't imagine that they would refuse to answer you. digitok 03-29-2003, 04:39 AM Like banner said, there's no real way to find out, but if you give us the URL to the site, I'm sure one of us would be able to figure it out for you :) Blikje 03-29-2003, 04:46 AM Well, I am really curious in which language Topica (http://www.topica.com) is built :D jacco digitok 03-29-2003, 04:54 AM Which specific part are you wanting to know about? It looks like some basic HTML page combined with some graphics to me o.O Blikje 03-29-2003, 04:56 AM I am curious for the member part, as well as the ezine index. digitok 03-29-2003, 04:59 AM Okay, well I just had a look at the member part, and when you click the "Submit" button to register, it goes to "/perl/createuser.pl" so, I'm guessing they've made it in perl :) As for the "e-zine" part, I'm guessing they'd probably use the same language throughout the site, but that's just a guess. Hope it helps. Blikje 03-29-2003, 05:00 AM Originally posted by digitok Okay, well I just had a look at the member part, and when you click the "Submit" button to register, it goes to "/perl/createuser.pl" so, I'm guessing they've made it in perl :) As for the "e-zine" part, I'm guessing they'd probably use the same language throughout the site, but that's just a guess. Hope it helps. Yep, thanks man! jacco digitok 03-29-2003, 05:04 AM No problem :) Glad to be of assitance. Knogle 03-29-2003, 05:42 AM On the same note.. what language is google programmed in? :D digitok 03-29-2003, 05:56 AM haha, I have NO idea :P Probably PHP or something similar... Blikje 03-29-2003, 06:30 AM You can find a lot of the technique Google is using by looking at the Job Offerings (http://www.google.com/jobs/positions.html) :D Please keep in mind though that these openings are also for their search aplliances. ucla2413 03-29-2003, 07:00 PM information on how google works can be found here: http://www.google.com/technology/pigeonrank.html also, here: http://www.google.com/technology/index.html Rich2k 03-29-2003, 07:51 PM I doubt that google is using PHP, most likely java or C++ (or both). digitok 03-29-2003, 11:22 PM Yeah, I never really looked into it, just guessing :) Knogle 03-29-2003, 11:34 PM Originally posted by ucla2413 information on how google works can be found here: http://www.google.com/technology/pigeonrank.html also, here: http://www.google.com/technology/index.html Those sites dont tell us the language google is programmed in.. :rolleyes: RobbertC 03-30-2003, 05:59 AM The frontpage of Python (http://www.python.org) says: "Python has been an important part of Google since the beginning, and remains so as the system grows and evolves. Today dozens of Google engineers use Python, and we're looking for more people with skills in this language." said Peter Norvig, director of search quality at Google, Inc |