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A comment on Ask HN: What do you dislike about Erlang?.

Re:Ask HN: What do you dislike about Erlang? by sideshowmel on Friday December 21, 2018 @01:08PM (#18735172)
No one uses it. The average programmer writes Javascript/Java/Python code. Erlang is a great functional language, and I've actually seen it used in the real world, but it goes above the heads of most programmers.
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Re:Ask HN: What do you dislike about Erlang? by jefflombardjr on Friday December 21, 2018 @01:20PM (#18735291)
Do you think Elixir will help grow the community?
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Re:Ask HN: What do you dislike about Erlang? by SpecificAnswer on Saturday December 22, 2018 @12:46PM (#18741582)
i think elixir is a good effort but given the decline of ruby and elixir's similar syntax, that hasn't done it any favors in terms of adoption.

i'd be really excited for a python inspired implementation.

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