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I'm confused as to why one would build a service in a language that is so difficult to hire engineers for.
by Aloisius 16y ago
I'm confused as to why one would build a service in a language that is so difficult to hire engineers for.
- tgriesser 16y agoIt makes sense if building a service in that language means that you need to hire far fewer engineers to maintain because it is much better suited to handle the particular demands of that application, as erlang seems to be in this case
- SkyMarshal 16y agoYou don't have to hire engineers with N years of experience in Erlang, rather hire great engineers who are programming language polyglots, and even if they don't already know Erlang they'll get up to speed on it fast, as well as any other new and useful language that comes along.