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I tried Erlang years back, but since sampling Elixir, it is going a lot faster for me. I am not a web dev or Rubyist; it's just working out that way for me. I

by eggy 10y ago

I tried Erlang years back, but since sampling Elixir, it is going a lot faster for me. I am not a web dev or Rubyist; it's just working out that way for me. I like Lisp, and came upon LFE, and so I am doing a small task in both LFE [1] and Elixir to see which I prefer. My work is not making huge web sites or the like, so I can afford the luxury of choosing one for fun. I was going to use LFE in a Lisp game jam, and after posting the idea to the LFE Google Groups, an example was made and provided for me ant others using SDL by one of the LFE contributors [2]. I am also working my way through The Handbook of Neuroevolution Through Erlang [3], using LFE. Slowly but surely, but it is a good way to pick up a language, and concepts in the OTP. [1] http://lfe.io/ http://lfe.io/ [2] https://github.com/lfex/sdl2-examples https://github.com/lfex/sdl2-examples [3] http://www.springer.com/us/book/9781461444626?token=prtst0416p http://www.springer.com/us/book/9781461444626?token=prtst041...

ssijak 10y ago
I stumbled on this book earlier. How would you rate it, it is pricey.. Does it provide solid explanation of the concepts with the code to go with it?
- eggy 10y ago
  I bought this book because I wanted to learn Erlang in the context of a subject I am interested in - ANNs. I have been reading books about ANNs and playing with them since the late 80s. Most high-level books on them are filled with math, few diagrams, and assume some knowledge to start. This book covers a special type of ANN, a TWEANN (Topology and Weight Evolving Artificial Neural Network), and more importantly, how Erlang's distributed computation model ties in really well with modelling this and other ANNs. You may find the expository writing on the basics to be a rehash, but if you are interested in this particular type of ANN, and Erlang, the book has many applications. The code is inline with the explanations in the book. I bought the book, because for this type of learning I like to have it open in front of me and my computer. I have seen bootleg PDFs here and there online, but I think the book is well worth it. The author is very enthusiastic about his work. Somebody has started or completed the code in Elixir, and there is a start on the book in LFE too. Sorry but I don't have time to find links just now.

by eggy 10y ago

ssijak 10y ago

I stumbled on this book earlier. How would you rate it, it is pricey.. Does it provide solid explanation of the concepts with the code to go with it?

eggy 10y ago
I bought this book because I wanted to learn Erlang in the context of a subject I am interested in - ANNs. I have been reading books about ANNs and playing with them since the late 80s. Most high-level books on them are filled with math, few diagrams, and assume some knowledge to start. This book covers a special type of ANN, a TWEANN (Topology and Weight Evolving Artificial Neural Network), and more importantly, how Erlang's distributed computation model ties in really well with modelling this and other ANNs. You may find the expository writing on the basics to be a rehash, but if you are interested in this particular type of ANN, and Erlang, the book has many applications. The code is inline with the explanations in the book. I bought the book, because for this type of learning I like to have it open in front of me and my computer. I have seen bootleg PDFs here and there online, but I think the book is well worth it. The author is very enthusiastic about his work. Somebody has started or completed the code in Elixir, and there is a start on the book in LFE too. Sorry but I don't have time to find links just now.