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I fell in love with Erlang pretty quickly, and it’s hard for me to enjoy writing other languages. Simple concise syntax, pattern matching, immutability, error h
by macintux 3y ago
I fell in love with Erlang pretty quickly, and it’s hard for me to enjoy writing other languages. Simple concise syntax, pattern matching, immutability, error handling without branches all over the place, concurrency… it’s hard to walk away from that.
- ralphc 3y agoHave you tried Elixir? So many blogs etc. talk about coming to Elixir from Ruby, which I don't understand, little similarity beyond def...do...end. Elixir uses the same VM with a different, some including myself would say better syntax. Do you still prefer Erlang syntax?
- macintux 3y agoI dislike Elixir’s syntax for two reasons: it seems unnecessarily verbose, and it’s too much like Ruby/Python. When I see Erlang syntax, it helps me think in Erlang. Anyway, I haven’t given Elixir a fair chance, but it’s hard to get past my knee-jerk dislike of all the extra verbiage. I’d rather use LFE if I wanted an alternative syntax with more powerful macros.