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I gave it a try, but for me after years of programming in C like languages the syntax is really hard. I know it is very similar to Ruby. I wish there was a El

• lliamander 7y ago
  After years of programming with C-like langauges, I actually came to really appreciate the syntax of Erlang. It's actually fairly simple and straightforward. I think the biggest issues people have with it are: * Capitalized variables names * use of comma, semi-colon, and period as clause delimiters It's interesting, but I think that Prolog-style syntax is probably the easiest to read if you don't have syntax highlighting available (though I don't think there is as much of a difference with syntax highlighting).
  • dnautics 7y ago
    IMO, the use of header files is a bit baroque and I find it makes it harder to reason about your code. Erlang structs are also no fun at all.
• walterstucco 7y ago
  I think you might find one that suits your needs in this list https://github.com/llaisdy/beam_languages https://github.com/llaisdy/beam_languages
• rehemiau 7y ago
  It seems similar to Ruby, but in the end it's more like Prolog