Hadoop should target C++/LLVM, not Java (because of watts)

Posted by kevinlawton on May 12, 2009 5:44 AM EDT
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Hadoop's Java framework will make it uncompetitive relative to Google's C++ MapReduce implementation, based on work done per watt, and will cause a lot of large-scale wasted power consumption. I believe that Hadoop should re-target C++/LLVM. Until then, Google will hold an advantage over search efficiency.

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