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> spelling and punctuation mistakes > excellent written English Erlang's syntax, naming, and abbreviation conventions are straight schizophrenic. Keywords, di
by mishmash 15y ago
> spelling and punctuation mistakes
> excellent written English
Erlang's syntax, naming, and abbreviation conventions are straight schizophrenic.
Keywords, directives, method/module names, variables, and arguments are randomly spelled out, others shortened, if you're lucky with underscores or CamelCase, there are some familiar C style conventions but not widespread, directory structure seems to be highly project dependent, etc. - the list goes on.
It's a very "cluttered" language and the lack of a strong proficiency in written English as you mention clearly shows (to me) in the language/framework.
- sbalea 15y agoKeyword/directive spelling is British and any resemblance of C style conventions is a coincidence, because nobody cares about them in the Erlang world. Yes, Erlang has a weird syntax. Get over it. I do agree to the point that standard libraries could have a more unified style. But the language is simple and concise.