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Clojure and Elixir are probably my two favorite languages. Which one I like better probably depends upon the day of the week. I guess what I like most about E
by bcrosby95 6y ago
Clojure and Elixir are probably my two favorite languages. Which one I like better probably depends upon the day of the week.
I guess what I like most about Elixir is the BEAM vm though. I would really love clojerl to take off. But it's basically a niche of a niche.
But I'm also primarily a Java developer. So the JVM has never bothered me.
- kimi 6y agoI'm in a similar situation. I like Clojure better than Elixir (though Elixir is "good enough", it sometimes feels like an ElCheapo brand Clojure knock-off) but I have a feeling that the problems I'm after - lots of small messages, resilience, scaling out - will be handled better by BEAM than any JVM. On the other hand, the Dialyzer experience - especially in VS Code - is sorely needed in Clojure, and it has nothing comparable. Whatever Rich says, types (or specs) are not built to make code run faster - they should be there to protect you from your stupidity and laziness. Automatic inference, and one-click add-to-code, are a real treat.