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Re:Elixir Is Erlang, not Ruby by mercer on Monday September 07, 2020 @12:04PM (#24400340)
woah. how did I miss that? from everything I've been reading there's a bunch of projects but they're all still in very early stages.
Re:Elixir Is Erlang, not Ruby by dnautics on Monday September 07, 2020 @06:45PM (#24403576)
I'm very very Sorry I should have been less emphatic, less flippant. This is an unsubstantiated prediction based on what elixirc hooks will enable and what the community wants, but the momentum has swung to the point where I think it's inevitable and the timeframe is correct, +/- 6 months.

That said, I'm also playing around to try to help make this happen: https://github.com/ityonemo/mavis

Re:Elixir Is Erlang, not Ruby by mercer on Tuesday September 08, 2020 @02:04AM (#24405592)
I suggest that in repentance for dashing my hopes you ensure that this will come true ;).
Re:Elixir Is Erlang, not Ruby by jswny on Tuesday September 08, 2020 @11:58AM (#24409656)
Aren't there already elixirc hooks which have been in place for a while now? Are there new ones as of recently?