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God I hope so. I loved Erlang and OTP when I tried it back in the late 00s and it never really caught on, despite many of its strong points being what most web
by bcrosby95 6y ago
God I hope so. I loved Erlang and OTP when I tried it back in the late 00s and it never really caught on, despite many of its strong points being what most websites would look for.
Hopefully with the focus on the web and the fresh coat of paint Elixir has given the ecosystem it will eventually gain more adoption. But I still have my doubts because despite looking more mainstream than Erlang, it's still kind of a "funny language".
- ketzo 6y agoYeah, it does have that stigma. It certainly did for me; "Why the hell are there colons before these variables..?" It's funny how much the first languages you learn (for lots of people, Java/C/JS) have such an impact on what "feels weird," when every programming language is basically magic anyway.
- dnautics 6y agoWell, Ruby and Julia and scheme, I think?) all have those same colons too, so it's not totally crazy. It's the post- colon that's strange (but Ruby has those too)
- pmontra 6y agoIn a JSON world post colons are normal :-) and we've been living there for ages. Ruby added x: y as a short form for :x => y