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I feel like Elixir get pushed too hard on people. Makes me skeptical. Same way I feel about TypeScript community. Calm down, it's just a programming language.
by jongjong 3y ago
I feel like Elixir get pushed too hard on people. Makes me skeptical. Same way I feel about TypeScript community. Calm down, it's just a programming language.
I don't believe the programming language matters much. What matters is one's familiarity with it. There are good tools and frameworks available for just about any moderately popular language. Every language has caveats. Every language has lots of pros and cons and when you average them out, they're essentially all the same.
Just a matter of personal preferences and habits.
- weatherlight 3y agoIt's not just a programming language—it's an entire philosophy centered around fault tolerance and concurrency, thanks to its foundation on the Erlang VM. While Elixir's syntax and features are certainly appealing, the real power lies in its integration with the Erlang VM. When people praise Elixir, a significant portion of that praise is directed at the capabilities you get with OTP/BEAM right out of the box. These include robustness, distribution, and real-time processing, which are not as readily available or as mature in other ecosystems. the Erlang VM is 38+ years old.