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If I'm interpreting these slides correctly, I see an interesting bit of irony as a Clojure programmer. I can't tell you how many times I've been asked about my
by dizzystar 12y ago
If I'm interpreting these slides correctly, I see an interesting bit of irony as a Clojure programmer. I can't tell you how many times I've been asked about my opinions of Erlang and I've lost count of how many times I've been told to learn Erlang because company X needs Erlang, or I should learn about scaling NoSQL databases, or whatever perception.
As far as I can tell, Erlang may not have a visible mind-share, but it has a much higher impact on mind-share and companies than it appears. Of course, this may just because many people consider Erlang / Haskell / Clojure languages that solve similar problems and are thus diametrically opposed to each other.
One person told me about how he asked a bunch of Haskellers about Erlang. Their answer: "Why would we learn a language no one uses?"
- michaelneale 12y agoI think it is used more than people perhaps realise - and if you are deep into clojure - you are probably already on the bleeding edge (at least as far as mainstream programmers are - remember there are a LOT of them) - thus would tend to come up against places that use erlang or clojure (self selecting?). (FYI I like both erlang and clojure, and have used both in anger). I learned erlang before clojure - it I think the former helped me quickly pick up the latter, strangely.