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For those unaware, Elixir is a language that runs on the Erlang VM, so its amazing concurrency is the same as Erlang's.
by jflatow 11y ago
For those unaware, Elixir is a language that runs on the Erlang VM, so its amazing concurrency is the same as Erlang's.
- akhilcacharya 11y agoYup, syntax wise it's like if Ruby was mixed with Erlang.
- rue 11y agoI was deeply disappointed with the syntax… there are so many compromises because of underlying semantics that the ‘rubyish’ layer on top is very clunky. It does cut down on a lot of Erlang boilerplate, so it’s still a better option… but I’m hoping someone will give it a third try.
- jtwebman 11y agoThey are making it better everyday though.
- e_proxus 11y agoTotally agree. What they have improved on is a nice macro system, and a coherent (so far) standard library. Both, which Erlang lacks. The syntax itself is slightly disappointing though. Optional parentheses around argument calls doesn't really add much except confusion, and the extra cruft around blocks and functions make things like pattern matching quite a bit clunkier.
- Rapzid 11y agoI don't find this to be true at all.. I believe the comparison to very superficial.
- akhilcacharya 11y agoI agree that it's superficial, but it is something someone would notice when picking it up.