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This! Erlang's syntax is so small and simple, it probably fits on a postcard. Although I appreciate the excellent tools and libraries built by the Elixir commu
by rlander 11y ago
This! Erlang's syntax is so small and simple, it probably fits on a postcard.
Although I appreciate the excellent tools and libraries built by the Elixir community, I have a hard time understanding how one can prefer Elixir over Erlang.
- rdtsc 11y agoIt is simple. I think it was one of the design goals. The other interesting thing is over the years creators have added features but have tried to also remove features to keep it is simple. That is very hard to do but they fought for it, and I think it paid off after many years.
- rlander 11y agoYup, got bitten by this design goal once, when support for parameterized modules was removed (though I do agree it was the right move in retrospect).
- brobinson 11y agoShame about the record syntax, though. That was the only part I explicitly disliked when working with Erlang.