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That made me laugh, but it's true. The Erlang docs are like 1980's brutalist architecture. Functional but utilitarian. But it's great to have the Erlang docs in
by elcritch 6y ago
That made me laugh, but it's true. The Erlang docs are like 1980's brutalist architecture. Functional but utilitarian. But it's great to have the Erlang docs in IEx; it's my favorite docs interface.
- ch4s3 6y agoYeah, IEx's h/1 function is great. I just wish it had some sort of built in search for when you don't really know exactly the Module and function you're looking for.
- vincnetas 6y ago"Functional BUT utilitarian" ? You mean "Functional AND utilitarian" because for me these both are very welcome features.
- lostcolony 6y agoThe conjunction here is purely to taste, since utilitarian implies functional, as well as not particularly attractive; both are correct (as would just 'utilitarian', since it's not a loss of information, implying as it does the functional aspect).
- andy_ppp 6y agoI read that comment less literally and more like “they just about work for their function, but damn they ugly” :-)
- lostcolony 6y agoSure, but do you interpret "functional and utilitarian" as meaning anything different? Utilitarian tends to imply functional + ugly.
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