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So... this is so funny because it feels like you totally missed my point. I did not talk of reading documentation because i am literally one of the person you
by di4na 3y ago
So... this is so funny because it feels like you totally missed my point.
I did not talk of reading documentation because i am literally one of the person you should come to if you need something in the doc. I learned how to write elixir and erlang by reading their doc.
I also do not use an IDE and am really relucant of them because i don't find them useful.
And I am a big defender of prolog. And i am not denying the strong architecture and infrastructure of erlang. I literally contribute to it.
But what you have not addressed is ... all I mentioned. The broken testing libraries. The inability to do the right thing nicely because the parse transform are a pita. The fact that modules names cannot be aliased, generating painful to navigate file structure and names. Etc etc.
And look. It can be made better. We have worked on documentation and there is more coming. We are getting multiline strings. Rebar3 mostly work. Hex can be used for erlang projects.
But in order to do things better we need to acknowledge the problems. Not just say that the kids don't understand. Especially when the person you say that to is actually understanding it pretty well thank you.
- jacquesm 3y agoI'm not addressing those things because we are in agreement there.
- enraged_camel 3y agoAs a third person reading the conversation, your original post came across as dismissive in the sense that you referred to Elixir as merely a "gateway drug" and Erlang as "the real thing", an opinion that you provided zero support for. When someone pointed out some of Erlang's significant shortcomings and pain points relative to its modern counterpart, your reply came across as somewhat condescending, in a "oh yeah? well, back in my day..." sort of way, which is how a lot of old people talk down to younger people.
- jacquesm 3y agoIt was a response to the top level comment which did the same thing in reverse. Anyway, I'm kind of done with the personal attacks so have a nice day.
- enraged_camel 3y agoNo need to play the victim, because I didn't attack you personally, merely pointed out why your tone was off-putting. /shrug