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> It will probably be a bumpier uphill climb than your run-of-the-mill-syntax-populism-mainstream languages that vie for your engagement now days. What makes y
by AlchemistCamp 4y ago
> It will probably be a bumpier uphill climb than your run-of-the-mill-syntax-populism-mainstream languages that vie for your engagement now days.
What makes you believe that? IMO, the immutability and pattern matching eliminate a huge class of common frustrations that beginners usually have with the most popular half dozen programming languages.
I think all of them, especially JavaScript, PHP and C are harder to learn than Elixir, unless you already know another similar language.
- radiospiel 4y ago> What makes you believe that? IMO, the immutability and pattern matching eliminate a huge class of common frustrations that beginners usually have with the most popular half dozen programming languages. I think moany devs really know a similar language already, when it comes to Java, Javascript, etc. But most have never been exposed to a functional language like Ex
- AlchemistCamp 4y agoYeah, I'd agree with that. If you're not a complete beginner and you're learning a 2nd language, it's definitely easier to learn one that's nearly the same as the one you already know.