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I spent the last 8 months learning Elixir, Ecto & Phoenix etc... I am about to leave it and spend more time in C# as I really miss static typing, I also miss th

by timc3 6y ago

I spent the last 8 months learning Elixir, Ecto & Phoenix etc... I am about to leave it and spend more time in C# as I really miss static typing, I also miss the way the documentation is written, the amount of material to read on .net and C#. The library, community and packages are richer for a start. Will be interesting to see if I miss Elixir at all.

dnautics 6y ago
If you're willing to be patient, I think that in the next year Elixir is going to get an add-in aggressive static typing library (better than dialyzer) enabled by compiler hooks. It's going to happen, and it's going to be very good.
- mercer 6y ago
  woah. how did I miss that? from everything I've been reading there's a bunch of projects but they're all still in very early stages.
  - dnautics 6y ago
    I'm very very Sorry I should have been less emphatic, less flippant. This is an unsubstantiated prediction based on what elixirc hooks will enable and what the community wants, but the momentum has swung to the point where I think it's inevitable and the timeframe is correct, +/- 6 months. That said, I'm also playing around to try to help make this happen: https://github.com/ityonemo/mavis https://github.com/ityonemo/mavis
    - mercer 6y ago
      I suggest that in repentance for dashing my hopes you ensure that this will come true ;).
    - jswny 6y ago
      Aren't there already elixirc hooks which have been in place for a while now? Are there new ones as of recently?
- hopia 6y ago
  Do you have more info about this? It does sound promising.
- jswny 6y ago
  Source on this?