Why Elixir Is the Programming Language You Should Learn in 2020

Re:Why Elixir Is the Programming Language You Should Learn i... by AlchemistCamp on Thursday June 04, 2020 @06:54AM (#23414962)

This is a very generic, low value dismissal that has little to do with Elixir in general. In fact, due to its immutability, use of struts and pattern matching it's the safest dynamic language I've ever worked with.

Six of YC's most successful ten companies built on Ruby, a dynamic mutable language with method missing and monkey patching. Just because you can't use a dynamically typed language doesn't mean they're not useful for anyone.

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Re:Why Elixir Is the Programming Language You Should Learn i... by satvikpendem on Thursday June 04, 2020 @10:34AM (#23417048)

That is what I said, that I can't use Elixir. And I have used Elixir before, often learning via your tutorials. This comes just from my personal experience, not to be taken as a dismissal of the language as a whole. Of course, many people use Elixir and Erlang, and Whatsapp even built a 50 billion dollar business out of it before acquisition.

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Re:Why Elixir Is the Programming Language You Should Learn i... by AlchemistCamp on Thursday June 04, 2020 @04:25PM (#23421332)

Fair enough! To each their own. FWIW, I've been getting pretty into Rust this year, too (for WASM and NIFs).

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