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Strange - that graph set shows Elixir on a slight growth path, but Erlang on a slight downward path? Isn't Elixir simply the framework around Erlang?? It woul
by cyberferret 9y ago
Strange - that graph set shows Elixir on a slight growth path, but Erlang on a slight downward path? Isn't Elixir simply the framework around Erlang??
It would be a bit like showing Rails on the uptake, but Ruby going down, isn't it?
- unscaled 9y agoNo, Elixir is an entirely different language running on the same virtual machine as Erlang. It's as seeing a graph with Java usage going down, while Kotlin or Scala up.
- cyberferret 9y agoThanks @unscaled and @LukaD for clarifying this. I hadn't used the language, so didn't understand that Elixir wasn't just the name of the framework. Not sure why I got the downvotes for asking a question, but there you go...
- hashkb 9y agoBecause literally five seconds of googling would have gotten you the answer. Your comment didn't add anything for anyone but yourself. That's why you got downvoted.
- cname 9y agoI was wondering the same thing, so I found cyberferret's comment (and the answers) useful. It might be helpful to anyone who's skimming through here.
- LukaD 9y agoElixir is not a framework around Erlang. It's a language running on the Erlang VM (BEAM) with painless erlang interoperability. It's the most popular alternative language to erlang on BEAM.