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Re:An Ode to Ruby by dnautics on Monday January 10, 2022 @04:22PM (#29882747)
You probably don't want to use an ide-driven debugger for elixir, you'll want to use :dbg which has a different "conceptual model" than what you are used to and doesn't map well onto Conventional debuggers.

It's simply not the same due to the extreme high degree of concurrency in the beam VM

Re:An Ode to Ruby by syspec on Monday January 10, 2022 @11:27PM (#29887544)
Well, no I actually do want that in my local environment where the only request is my own.

The fact that you are telling me that I don't want something, is why people some people find the Elixir community off-putting.

Re:An Ode to Ruby by dnautics on Monday January 10, 2022 @11:47PM (#29887693)
> the only request is my own

Literally, elixir doesn't work like that. There is a bunch of other stuff running around in the VM, even if you don't ask for it. It's like an operating system.

> is why people some people find the Elixir community off-putting

I mean ok. Note that I said "you probably". I'm just coming from a lot more experience than you have. But sure, keep giving yourself excuses to be closed minded. It really sounds like you went into the whole thing with the "let me find a reason to hate elixir" mindset, and not the "let me see what people are raving about mindset". Anyways, you're the one missing out.

Re:An Ode to Ruby by syspec on Tuesday January 11, 2022 @12:26AM (#29887930)
> Literally, elixir doesn't work like that. There is a bunch of other stuff running around in the VM, even if you don't ask for it. It's like an operating system.

And yet, it does. Here's proof that you're wrong, a screenshot of the community Elixir plugin paused on a breakpoint, all the variables inspectable/modifiable and you can even jump around the stack: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/KronicDeth/intellij-elixir...

The problem was that I could not get the plugin to work consistently, but when it did work it was great.

> I'm just coming from a lot more experience than you have... giving yourself excuses to be closed minded....Anyways, you're the one missing out.

Ah huh, I'm sure...