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This is my take as well (adding erlang to my list of things along with python/kotlin/go/lua). Some things are just a little *too* different. There's no for-loo
by drekipus 3y ago
This is my take as well (adding erlang to my list of things along with python/kotlin/go/lua).
Some things are just a little *too* different. There's no for-loop, it's just recursion. Pattern matching on the function signatures are nice, but then I have to dig around a lot more to find what I need.
That being said, I do want to try it and learn about it more; the promises it makes about concurrency and event driven programming looks nice, i do really want to try it.
- stanmancan 3y agoI haven't looked at Erlang much but I've been using Elixir for a couple of years now and it's been the most enjoyable language I've used to date. I don't miss having a for-loop, recursion works but the Enum module is great and easy to use. When done right, pattern matching on function signatures is nice and clean. If you find it's actually more difficult to find what you're looking for it's a sign somethings probably off.