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I am in no way equating a 20 year effort by Erlang team to that of Elixir team. But I think Elixir is making the whole ecosystem much more accessible. I once tr
by qaq 10y ago
I am in no way equating a 20 year effort by Erlang team to that of Elixir team. But I think Elixir is making the whole ecosystem much more accessible. I once tried to bring Erlang into our shop about 6-7 years ago but could not get the team excited about it, with Elixir we will be going into production this Fall and everyone loves it.
- _asummers 10y agoFor sure, I wasn't trying to suggest you were. I guess the point I was trying to make without actually saying any of these words is that it's really interesting that the same ecosystem with a few extra things had that effect. I always liked the idea of Erlang and I've read Joe's thesis and stuff, but never could be bothered to learn the language because it felt niche, and same as your coworkers, we're all really excited about Elixir.
- maxarturo 10y agoHow much does your team get into actual Erlang/OTP code? I'm wondering since I'm taking the long route, learning Erlang/OTP first and a distinct second for Elixir. Is this not optimal?
- qaq 10y agoI think that's optimal but for us it was more people getting into Elixir first and starting to dig in into Erlang/OTP. basically Programming Elixir -> Promgramming Phoenix -> Elixir in Action -> Designing for Scalability with Erlang/OTP
- _asummers 10y agoSee also: Little Elixir and OTP Guidebook. Currently reading that book, it's good so far.
- sotojuan 10y agoAbout to finish it myself, also very good! Elixir in Action's second part moved a bit too fast for me, but I'll revisit after I am done with Guidebook.