Re:Why Elixir (2014)
by dudul on Friday August 18, 2017 @08:24AM
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>I know if you're coming form Ruby world, Erlang almost feels second nature.
I'll assume you meant "Elixir", and seriously I hope people will give up on this myth really soon. Yes, the syntax kind of look like Ruby, but the platform is nothing like it. I'm actually very scared for Elixir to see so many Ruby developers moving to it, thinking that it's just "fast Ruby". They may bring all their Ruby habits with them and defeat the point of using the Erlang VM.
Re:Why Elixir (2014)
by goatlover on Friday August 18, 2017 @09:39AM
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If they just want "fast Ruby", then they should move to Crystal instead. Elixir as a language is a lot different than Ruby, in addition to the platform it runs on.
I'll assume you meant "Elixir", and seriously I hope people will give up on this myth really soon. Yes, the syntax kind of look like Ruby, but the platform is nothing like it. I'm actually very scared for Elixir to see so many Ruby developers moving to it, thinking that it's just "fast Ruby". They may bring all their Ruby habits with them and defeat the point of using the Erlang VM.