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I wonder if they have considered moving to elixir since some of the problems they have highlighted are resolved in elixir. That would be easier for new employe
by Sytten 10y ago
I wonder if they have considered moving to elixir since some of the problems they have highlighted are resolved in elixir.
That would be easier for new employees and they could still keep their Erlang code base until they make the full switch.
- stanislavb 10y agoI'm wondering the same :)...
- gjmacd 10y agoIn 2011 Exlixir didn't exist. More than likely they've stuck to Erlang as the incremental benefit is really on the language side only. If you're only moving to Elixir because of the language sugar, the only thing you're going to gain is maintenance and updates -- with a system that probably doesn't need all that much in the way of "tinkering".
- pmarreck 10y agoElixir doesn't just add "sugar" though; it has full-fledged first-order macros, through-and-through UTF8 support, sensical argument placement (the thing being acted upon is always the first argument, making possible the |> operator), sigils, great tooling, and possibly best of all, the best Rubyists are fleeing to it. ;)