There is a significant learning curve, but anyone can learn it. It is not much like Ruby, yet it captures much of the joy of programming in Ruby and is far bett

There is a significant learning curve, but anyone can learn it. It is not much like Ruby, yet it captures much of the joy of programming in Ruby and is far better for structuring large programs. There is optional typing support through Dialyzer, but even without that the compiler will catch many mistakes that annoy me and slow down development in Ruby. Also - the performance can really make a perceptible difference in user experience even if you don't "need" the scalability.