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Isn't Elixir a little bit like Ruby though? At least superficially. And it supports metaprogramming like Ruby. So I'd guess the code would end up looking simil

• slindz 4y ago
  There is development joy found in both, but Elixir and the underlying erlang definitely has it's own idioms. You can know enough to get going quickly, but there's a healthy layer of power that will only come with time.
  • john_the_writer 4y ago
    Took me a year before I found a dev/manager that even scratched at that power. A dev that pushed me to learn it. Before that I was a rails dev writing elixir. :) I should mention there is no problem not going there. I respect my teammates. Ruby/Rails is a great way to get things done. I would 100% use it as my MVP lang.
• john_the_writer 4y ago
  It's a little bit like ruby.. But It's not object oriented, it's a functional language. It is polymorphic and all data is immutable. (Edit: actually realised its very much not like ruby, when I re-read this) What I've seen in most projects is that the awesomeness that is threading (tasks and processes) is not really used. Supervisors aren't built as first class citizens. I see teams eat the cost of NIH, but not get the benefits of crash fast, crash often. So yes it does end up looking/smelling like ruby/rails but it really really shouldn't. “A language that doesn't affect the way you think about programming, is not worth knowing.”
  • doetoe 4y ago
    I like the quote at the end, I would change knowing to learning though