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How is Elixir similar to Clojure? Their syntaxes are nothing alike, their core principles are not the same, not sure I follow. As for the JVM, I would be curi
by dudul 7y ago
How is Elixir similar to Clojure? Their syntaxes are nothing alike, their core principles are not the same, not sure I follow.
As for the JVM, I would be curious to know why it's a turn off. It has been worked on for decades and powers mission critical systems everywhere. Unless you are doing something where the size of the VM matters, or where GC as implemented in the JVM is a non-starter I'm not sure why it matters.
- vaer-k 7y agoThey have a lot in common. They are both fringe languages that compile to run on more popular established VMs, both with strong support for meta programming, both encouraging a functional programming approach, and both employed to tackle roughly the same kinds of projects. The kind of people that are attracted to one are often also interested in the other. I think it's perfectly reasonable to draw comparisons.
- cpursley 7y agoClosure and Elixir are hardly fringe languages... https://elixir-companies.com/en https://elixir-companies.com/en https://clojure.org/community/companies https://clojure.org/community/companies
- vaer-k 7y agoThey certainly are compared to say, Javascript or Python. There is nothing wrong with being fringe.