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Answer: Who gives a crap? Since when did a variation of an answer matter more than the problem? If a new computer language solved a problem otherwise unsolva
by gm 18y ago
Answer: Who gives a crap? Since when did a variation of an answer matter more than the problem?
If a new computer language solved a problem otherwise unsolvabe, then it would raise eyebrows. If Erlang had a chance, Scheme and all those stack-based languages would be popular. Anyway...
- nostrademons 18y agoErlang solves a problem that's currently very difficult, namely massively concurrent, distributed, fault-tolerant systems.
- gaius 18y agoWell, that's not strictly true. What Erlang does is make the knowledge of a niche that does know how to do that - telco switch engineers - available to the masses. I think even Erlang advocates sometimes for get that it's not new - it's been a serious production language for years now.