Gleam: A statically typed language for the Erlang VM

Re:Gleam: A statically typed language for the Erlang VM by HorkHunter on Friday April 17, 2020 @08:58PM (#22904437)

I'm really happy the Erlang and BEAM are finally getting the attention / traction they deserve!

the language was kind of underappreciated or considered very niche for a long time

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Re:Gleam: A statically typed language for the Erlang VM by macintux on Friday April 17, 2020 @09:50PM (#22904669)

I came to Erlang (and HN) after this time period, but apparently there was a period during which the language appeared on the HN front page a ridiculous amount, sometime around 2010 perhaps?

With the rise of Elixir it’s been getting a fairly steady stream of mentions here.

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Re:Gleam: A statically typed language for the Erlang VM by HorkHunter on Friday April 17, 2020 @10:27PM (#22904858)

I'm starting to see the recent interest as well, which I just wanted to complement.

I've made myself familiar with Erlang around 2011/2012? encouraged by the writing this amazing book [1]. which is still around and super amazing fast introduction IMHO. unfortunately I have never implemented anything of significance with it. maybe its time :)

[1]: https://learnyousomeerlang.com

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Re:Gleam: A statically typed language for the Erlang VM by lpil on Saturday April 18, 2020 @03:23AM (#22905958)

This is the book I learnt Erlang with! If it didn't exist Gleam probably wouldn't either.

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Re:Gleam: A statically typed language for the Erlang VM by lpil on Saturday April 18, 2020 @03:24AM (#22905962)

You've found it :)

This library is also worth looking at: https://github.com/gleam-experiments/otp_agent

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