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Thanks for chiming in. It helps to better understand the use case for each language. I like the way you put it: Elixir = CRUD but with realtime. Maybe I'll e

Thanks for chiming in. It helps to better understand the use case for each language. I like the way you put it: Elixir = CRUD but with realtime. Maybe I'll end up learning both, but have to start with one. Hey and good luck with your startup. It reminds me of what PG wrote about - i.e. choosing the right tools to build your business matters [0] [0] http://www.paulgraham.com/avg.html http://www.paulgraham.com/avg.html

didibus 7y ago
You'll actually find it pretty easy to learn both. Elixir was very inspired by Clojure, so it works similar to it in a lot of ways. It is like taking Clojure and removing the Lispy aspect from it (which to me is the biggest downside of Elixir, as I love Lispyness, but that also makes it more approachable and familiar to people without a Lisp background). The biggest difference will actually lie on the host platforms. Learning BEAM and Erlang standard library Vs learning JVM and Java standard library. For complenetess, I want to point out there is also a Clojure variant running on BEAM/Erlang called Clojerl found here: https://github.com/clojerl/clojerl https://github.com/clojerl/clojerl Development is pretty active, and I think it is approaching maturity pretty soon.