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Yeah, the Ruby-like syntax of Elixir made me stop looking into it more. I remember reading an article (or was that a chapter in a book), which basically said so
by john2x 11y ago
Yeah, the Ruby-like syntax of Elixir made me stop looking into it more. I remember reading an article (or was that a chapter in a book), which basically said something like "ok, these parentheses are optional, but only for this case. For other cases, parentheses are required." Which is a shame, since the tooling built for it is the most amazing I've ever seen.
I know syntax shouldn't matter, but personally I think consistency is very important.
- Reefersleep 11y agoI think syntax matters a lot - if it incurs development costs through inconsistencies, for example. I'm going to a meetup in a couple of days where Elixir and Phoenix will be presented, I think I'll keep your comment in mind and maybe ask about inconsistencies in the syntax, as I wasn't aware of this. What I know of the syntax relation to Ruby is that it is only superficial - the semantics are very different.