Which companies are using Erlang, and why?

Re:Which companies are using Erlang, and why? by defined on Monday September 30, 2019 @11:00AM (#21116055)

I can't refute your personal experience, but 10 years of Erlang work left me longing for more. It sounds as if perhaps Erlang was not used optimally, or, alternatively, best practices may not have been followed.

10 years ago the ecosystem was horrendous, and is much better now. Granted, the build experience could be better but I didn't find it that bad.

I find that people's experiences are relative to what they are accustomed to. Early years for me included compiling and linking C in Windows (segmented) and that was truly horrible!

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Re:Which companies are using Erlang, and why? by ihuk on Monday September 30, 2019 @12:10PM (#21116885)

It's funny how "you're holding it wrong" is the go to response whenever somebody criticizes Erlang. Why is that?

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Re:Which companies are using Erlang, and why? by lostcolony on Monday September 30, 2019 @12:18PM (#21116961)

Replace "Erlang" with any other language and the statement still holds true.

If you want the obvious explanation, it's because we all have different experiences, and no one tool will be the biggest win for all teams across all domains.

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Re:Which companies are using Erlang, and why? by enraged_camel on Monday September 30, 2019 @01:57PM (#21117965)

I mean, what you said about if statements (which should be very very rare in Erlang) kind of betrays it: you most likely _are_ holding it wrong.

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Re:Which companies are using Erlang, and why? by defined on Monday September 30, 2019 @12:37PM (#21117164)

Probably because they really are holding it wrong?

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