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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">In my experience, it isn't the syntax
that's hard to learn, <br>
but the concepts. and since most learning material is<br>
(at least so far) in Erlang, having to mentally translate<br>
that to Elixir would seem to make it harder, not easier.<br>
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But I may not be representative. Last time I counted I've<br>
used around 40 languages in anger over the years, yet<br>
I find Ruby bewildering.<br>
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On 02/26/2016 02:18 PM, Andrew Berman wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">Hey Garrett,
I've watched your talk a couple times before, great stuff, thank you for
posting that.
Yes, I'd say that adoption is definitely something I am concerned about. I
have to sometimes put on my technical hiring hat and step back from the
fact that I think Erlang is incredible and that I don't have an issue with
the syntax. However, I am going to eventually try to build a team (ideally
very lean like WhatsApp) and with lots and lots of devs familiar with Ruby
or Javascript and their related tools and frameworks, Elixir seems like a
stepping stone for those devs into the Erlang world. I totally agree with
many on this list that a great programmer can learn any language, but
sometimes it's difficult to find those people in a reasonable time frame,
especially when you're trying to light things up quickly as a startup.
I definitely have not counted out moving forward with Erlang, which is
really why I just wanted to get a sense of what people on this mailing list
thought of Elixir. I'm leaning towards Erlang because I know that I
personally can move quicker, but it can't always be about me :-)
On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 10:44 AM Garrett Smith <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:g@rre.tt"><g@rre.tt></a> wrote:
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<pre wrap="">I just started a new project and momentarily had a very short thought that
I might use Elixir. My crusty old engineering persona took over and started
asking questions like, "why would you do that?" - then I got back to work
building software.
I strongly prefer the Erlang syntax over Elixir, especially for actual
functional programming.
I've have had a problem getting colleagues to adopt into Erlang, and I
believe I have a handle on why [1]. I think there are some solid answers to
"why use Elixir" if you're considering the problem of adoption. If you are
working alone or in a small team that is already proficient using Erlang, I
personally would just go and start your work and be happy you aren't being
forced to use Java, or Ruby, or Node.
How many bridges did I burn here?
[1] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MvKLOecT1I">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MvKLOecT1I</a>
On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 12:28 PM Andrew Berman <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:rexxe98@gmail.com"><rexxe98@gmail.com></a> wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Hey Fellow Erlangers,
I was curious if any of you guys have switched or are contemplating using
Elixir for your next project. I've been programming Erlang for a while now,
but I'm about to start a new project and wanted to see where other Erlang
devs stood on it.
Thanks,
Andrew
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