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In your mind, what distinguishes a language as "general" or "specific" purpose? I'd argue the community and focus of the language.
by drekipus 1y ago
In your mind, what distinguishes a language as "general" or "specific" purpose?
I'd argue the community and focus of the language.
- rickcarlino 1y agoOr, to your point, the historic design considerations that led to the creation of the language in the first place. In the case of BEAM, it was very specific.
- borromakot 1y agoWhat I mean is that, you can write CLIs in Elixir. I have. You can write games in Elixir (others have, I haven't). They come with pros & cons. The Elixir community advances on many of those fronts regularly. I could write a web application in C, but I wouldn't.
- Capricorn2481 1y agoI would honestly have a much easier time writing a web app in C than a game in Elixir.
- borromakot 1y agoYou are probably right