<s>
Starling	B-Application
is	O
a	O
messaging	O
server	O
that	O
enables	O
reliable	O
distributed	O
queuing	O
with	O
a	O
minimal	O
overhead	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
code	O
for	O
Starling	B-Application
was	O
originally	O
developed	O
inside	O
social	O
media	O
firm	O
Twitter	B-Application
and	O
released	O
as	O
open	O
source	O
in	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
program	O
was	O
originally	O
developed	O
by	O
Blaine	O
Cook	O
,	O
now	O
the	O
former	O
lead	O
developer	O
for	O
Twitter	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
speaks	O
the	O
Memcached	B-Application
protocol	O
for	O
maximum	O
cross-platform	O
compatibility	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Any	O
language	O
that	O
speaks	O
Memcached	B-Application
can	O
take	O
advantage	O
of	O
Starling	B-Application
’s	O
queue	O
facilities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starling	B-Application
has	O
been	O
written	O
in	O
Ruby	B-Language
.	O
</s>
