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Interesting nits. In my earlier days, I explored Erlang and found it very easy to pick up. The only challenge for me at the time was thinking the ML way. I w
by Xurinos 15y ago
Interesting nits. In my earlier days, I explored Erlang and found it very easy to pick up. The only challenge for me at the time was thinking the ML way. I was very excited about the actor model. The syntax never bothered me. In a way, I actually thought (and still think) it is quite beautiful.
As far as libraries are concerned, google is my repo. I have never understood the need for gems, CPAN, and so forth, since none of those are any more regulated for code quality than other random things on the net. Where do people go to find C or C++ packages? Google for me. But I did browse this for anything I thought I needed: http://trapexit.org/Special:UserContributions http://trapexit.org/Special:UserContributions
That said, I thought the binaries were a bit painful.
I suppose it just boils down to opinion.
- ericmoritz 15y agoI found Erlang hard to understand at first but I was a victim of my own ignorance. I knew instantly that it's pattern matching feature was incredibly useful but it wasn't until I read "The Little Schemer" http://www.amazon.com/Little-Schemer-Daniel-P-Friedman/dp/0262560992 http://www.amazon.com/Little-Schemer-Daniel-P-Friedman/dp/02... that I was able "get" Erlang.