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Erlang for Python programmers: Part I

21 points by foemmel 18y ago

yan 18y ago
I want to point out that a more correct name for that article can be "Erlang-supported types for people who are already aware with the idea of data types, but I will make a few comments targeted at the Python developer," albeit that title is a lot less succinct and sexy. That article does very little to introduce functional or declarative programming style. It also doesn't introduce Erlang's process model or Erlang's strengths, but then again I don't expect it to given how brief it is. It's a good otherwise.
- davidw 18y ago
  It's also old, and I think it's made the rounds here before.
acangiano 18y ago
On Stacktrace.it, we have an incredible series of articles on Scheme for Python programmers, but unfortunately, at the moment they're in Italian only: http://stacktrace.it/articoli/2008/02/le-avventure-di-un-pythonista-schemeland-1/ http://stacktrace.it/articoli/2008/02/le-avventure-di-un-pyt... http://stacktrace.it/articoli/2008/02/le-avventure-di-un-pythonista-schemeland-2/ http://stacktrace.it/articoli/2008/02/le-avventure-di-un-pyt... http://stacktrace.it/articoli/2008/02/le-avventure-di-un-pythonista-schemeland-3/ http://stacktrace.it/articoli/2008/02/le-avventure-di-un-pyt... http://stacktrace.it/articoli/2008/02/le-avventure-di-un-pythonista-schemeland4/ http://stacktrace.it/articoli/2008/02/le-avventure-di-un-pyt... http://stacktrace.it/articoli/2008/03/le-avventure-di-un-pythonista-schemeland5/ http://stacktrace.it/articoli/2008/03/le-avventure-di-un-pyt... http://stacktrace.it/articoli/2008/03/le-avventure-di-un-pythonista-schemeland6/ http://stacktrace.it/articoli/2008/03/le-avventure-di-un-pyt... http://stacktrace.it/articoli/2008/04/le-avventure-di-un-pythonista-schemeland7/ http://stacktrace.it/articoli/2008/04/le-avventure-di-un-pyt... http://stacktrace.it/articoli/2008/04/le-avventure-di-un-pythonista-schemeland8/ http://stacktrace.it/articoli/2008/04/le-avventure-di-un-pyt...
- weezus 18y ago
  Fortunatamente, gli esempi sono in inglese.
hobbs 18y ago
Shoot, I thought he might have been referring to Candygram: http://candygram.sourceforge.net http://candygram.sourceforge.net (not to toot my own horn) It isn't maintained anymore, though. But the LGPL'ed source is always available.

21 points by foemmel 18y ago

yan 18y ago

I want to point out that a more correct name for that article can be "Erlang-supported types for people who are already aware with the idea of data types, but I will make a few comments targeted at the Python developer," albeit that title is a lot less succinct and sexy. That article does very little to introduce functional or declarative programming style. It also doesn't introduce Erlang's process model or Erlang's strengths, but then again I don't expect it to given how brief it is. It's a good otherwise.

davidw 18y ago
It's also old, and I think it's made the rounds here before.

acangiano 18y ago

On Stacktrace.it, we have an incredible series of articles on Scheme for Python programmers, but unfortunately, at the moment they're in Italian only: http://stacktrace.it/articoli/2008/02/le-avventure-di-un-pythonista-schemeland-1/ http://stacktrace.it/articoli/2008/02/le-avventure-di-un-pyt... http://stacktrace.it/articoli/2008/02/le-avventure-di-un-pythonista-schemeland-2/ http://stacktrace.it/articoli/2008/02/le-avventure-di-un-pyt... http://stacktrace.it/articoli/2008/02/le-avventure-di-un-pythonista-schemeland-3/ http://stacktrace.it/articoli/2008/02/le-avventure-di-un-pyt... http://stacktrace.it/articoli/2008/02/le-avventure-di-un-pythonista-schemeland4/ http://stacktrace.it/articoli/2008/02/le-avventure-di-un-pyt... http://stacktrace.it/articoli/2008/03/le-avventure-di-un-pythonista-schemeland5/ http://stacktrace.it/articoli/2008/03/le-avventure-di-un-pyt... http://stacktrace.it/articoli/2008/03/le-avventure-di-un-pythonista-schemeland6/ http://stacktrace.it/articoli/2008/03/le-avventure-di-un-pyt... http://stacktrace.it/articoli/2008/04/le-avventure-di-un-pythonista-schemeland7/ http://stacktrace.it/articoli/2008/04/le-avventure-di-un-pyt... http://stacktrace.it/articoli/2008/04/le-avventure-di-un-pythonista-schemeland8/ http://stacktrace.it/articoli/2008/04/le-avventure-di-un-pyt...

weezus 18y ago
Fortunatamente, gli esempi sono in inglese.

hobbs 18y ago

Shoot, I thought he might have been referring to Candygram: http://candygram.sourceforge.net http://candygram.sourceforge.net (not to toot my own horn) It isn't maintained anymore, though. But the LGPL'ed source is always available.