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I'm on the mailing list for the development of Reia and I've been watching progress with some interest. There's already a web framework being built (Ryan) so on
by joshsharp 18y ago
I'm on the mailing list for the development of Reia and I've been watching progress with some interest. There's already a web framework being built (Ryan) so once the language becomes fully usable I think this'll be a very interesting language.
The one thing that worries me is how much Erlang will still be required. Reia is turning out to have a very Ruby-like syntax, so it should be easy to pick up, but having to learn Erlang as well would give me second thoughts.
- njharman 18y agoInstead second thinking learning Reia and Erlang, just go learn Erlang. Erlang is finished and has a web framework today.
- oscardelben 18y agoWhile it's true that Erlang is a production ready language from many years now and it may make more sense to learn that language, it's also true that these projects helps people realize that it's possible to build other languages on top of the Erlang virtual machine.
- noss 18y agoOr go LFE http://github.com/rvirding/lfe/tree/master http://github.com/rvirding/lfe/tree/master
- joshsharp 18y agoReia is going to be a much better fit for web scripting than Erlang. I'd prefer to use it over Erlang where possible.
- extension 18y agoI've been a Ruby guy for years and I loved Erlang right away. It's a splendid language. It's going to be a while before Reia can completely abstract the OTP platform so if you want to work with it any time soon, learn Erlang.