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Spencer Jordan
63 PointsWhat programming languages are needed to build a search engine?
What programming languages are needed to build a search engine?
2 Answers

Bob Hensley
26,781 PointsSpencer,
There's no predefined list of languages that are needed. The actual answer here is simple: the languages needed are the ones you know. Now that said, the barebones necessities are a server-side language (Ruby, Python, PHP, Scala.... C++, C#, etc. etc.) and a database system.

Spencer Jordan
63 PointsThanks a lot! I appreciate it.