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This is a very generic, low value dismissal that has little to do with Elixir in general. In fact, due to its immutability, use of struts and pattern matching i
by AlchemistCamp 6y ago
This is a very generic, low value dismissal that has little to do with Elixir in general. In fact, due to its immutability, use of struts and pattern matching it's the safest dynamic language I've ever worked with.
Six of YC's most successful ten companies built on Ruby, a dynamic mutable language with method missing and monkey patching. Just because you can't use a dynamically typed language doesn't mean they're not useful for anyone.
- satvikpendem 6y agoThat is what I said, that I can't use Elixir. And I have used Elixir before, often learning via your tutorials. This comes just from my personal experience, not to be taken as a dismissal of the language as a whole. Of course, many people use Elixir and Erlang, and Whatsapp even built a 50 billion dollar business out of it before acquisition.
- AlchemistCamp 6y agoFair enough! To each their own. FWIW, I've been getting pretty into Rust this year, too (for WASM and NIFs).