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Erlang is really not lisp-like beyond being functional. It's not especially homoiconic, much stricter about mutation than most lisps, and overall has a differen
by andrewflnr 1y ago
Erlang is really not lisp-like beyond being functional. It's not especially homoiconic, much stricter about mutation than most lisps, and overall has a different focus. IIRC it started as a Prolog dialect, and I think it's still closer to that legacy than anything particularly lispy.
- cess11 1y agoI invite people to try it out and then get back to us and tell us who is more right.
- andrewflnr 1y agoI have written both Erlang and Scheme (and even more Elixir). Have you? They're quite distinct. I'm genuinely confused why you would be convinced about this. What are the points of similarity that aren't common to all functional languages?