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A comment on Ask HN: Are you satisfied with Elixir or do you regret choosing Elixir?. Parent comment

Re:Ask HN: Are you satisfied with Elixir or do you regret ch... by pmarreck on Wednesday May 19, 2021 @08:08AM (#27207459)
I don't think it's necessary for a language to be in the top 10 to be considered a success. If the people who use it, wouldn't use anything else, then that is the success.
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Re:Ask HN: Are you satisfied with Elixir or do you regret ch... by joelbluminator on Wednesday May 19, 2021 @09:31AM (#27208296)
As long as you're aware that hiring and maintaining will be significantly harder then yes you're right. But that also means there's no reason to choose esoteric tech X for yet another CRUD app; you would pick Erlang/Elixir when it actually makes sense and only then.
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