Re:Why Elixir (2014)
by Stratoscope on Friday August 18, 2017 @05:09AM
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Back in the days of OnLive, there were several Ruby developers on the team. When Matz was in town, he stopped by to give us an informal talk and question and answer session.
I asked him, "One thing I like to do as a programmer is learn a new language every year or so, especially a language that teaches me something new about programming. Ruby was very good for this, of course, along with some of the other languages I've learned. Is there a language you've tried out lately that gives you that feeling of learning a new way to program?"
Matz said, "Elixir". He explained why; I don't remember the details but it stuck in my mind as a language to check out.
BTW, if you've ever seen the acronym MINSWAN, or "Matz Is Nice So We Are Nice", it's really true! A very nice guy.
I asked him, "One thing I like to do as a programmer is learn a new language every year or so, especially a language that teaches me something new about programming. Ruby was very good for this, of course, along with some of the other languages I've learned. Is there a language you've tried out lately that gives you that feeling of learning a new way to program?"
Matz said, "Elixir". He explained why; I don't remember the details but it stuck in my mind as a language to check out.
BTW, if you've ever seen the acronym MINSWAN, or "Matz Is Nice So We Are Nice", it's really true! A very nice guy.
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