AFAIK, Google using C/C++ to build hadoop like that power the google search now ...
CMIIW Regards, Wildan --- OpenThink Labs Indonesia | http://www.openthinklabs.com Harmonizing IT, Business and Education Negeri Pelangi | http://www.negeripelangi.com a Pay it Forward Company Wildan Maulana Blog | http://wildan.openthinklabs.com Ecopreneur's Guide | http://wildan.openthinklabs.com/ecopreneurs-guide-handbook/ >> +62-87884599249 Y! : hawking_123 Linkedln : http://www.linkedin.com/in/wildanmaulana Twitter : http://twitter.com/wildanmaulana On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 2:00 AM, Ken Goodhope <[email protected]> wrote: > You might want to take a look at Dumbo for use in writing hadoop jobs > with python. > > On Saturday, October 9, 2010, Shi Yu <[email protected]> wrote: > > Wondering how Hadoop running with python and other languages. Java is > easy to develop, however, not very efficient to handle numerical computation > with objects like sparse matrices. Maybe hadoop will have Matlab, R > extensions as well? Hope to see it happens. > > > > > > > > On 2010-10-10 1:07, Arvind Kalyan wrote: > > > > On Sat, Oct 9, 2010 at 9:40 PM, elton sky<[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > I always have this question but couldn't find proper answer for this. For > > system level applications, c/c++ is preferable. But why this one using > > java? > > > > > > > > > > Look at the system (software) requirements for running Hadoop: > > > http://hadoop.apache.org/common/docs/current/single_node_setup.html#PreReqs > > > > Imagine how it would be, if it were to be written in C/C++. > > > > While C/C++ might give you a performance improvement at run-time, it can > be > > a total nightmare to develop and maintain. Especially if the network gets > to > > be heterogeneous. > > > > > > > > > > > > >
