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Learn a functional language like Elixir. That’ll prove both useful and mind expanding!
by djaouen 2y ago
Learn a functional language like Elixir. That’ll prove both useful and mind expanding!
- archerx 2y agoHow can I use Elixir for the web, microcontrollers or making games? How can Elixir make the development of those things easier/better?
- ecjhdnc2025 2y agoElixir looks great. It reminds me of the functional and pseudofunctional programming languages I used at uni and their environments like Poplog. I agree it's mind-expanding. But I don't think most web development work is mind-expanding or a realistic application for it. I also don't think using it to criticise PHP is really the right target. If you want to use a functional programming language/environment as a critique of modern web development... maybe start by targeting server-side JS.
- brightball 2y agoUsing Perl for sysadmin work and living life in Regex for a while has its perks too. ;)