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Where did I mention "large-scale distributed systems"? My entire intention was to say Erlang is easy to get off the ground with quickly. Most companies outsid
by rapsey 7y ago
Where did I mention "large-scale distributed systems"?
My entire intention was to say Erlang is easy to get off the ground with quickly.
Most companies outside of the Silicon valley bubble are resource limited.
- otabdeveloper4 7y agoLet me unpack my way comment: a) Erlang (as opposed to something else) is only useful for large distributed systems. b) If your organization is at the scale where you need a large distributed system, then the problems in your project aren't related to code or to coding speed.
- rapsey 7y agoa) But it is not. Erlang is a very productive language and works great even for small projects. b) Needing a large distributed system is a requirement that one can get to from lots of situations. You are making way too large of a generalization.
- otabdeveloper4 7y agoa) Every programming language is a "very productive language" that "works great". Nobody ever thought to themselves "let's make a programming language that's hard to use and wastes time". (And even if they did, they would have never convinced other people to use it.) b) No. Large distributed systems is not something you stumble onto, it's a result of many years of organic growth.