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A comment on Ask HN: What is the best way to learn Erlang?.

Re:Ask HN: What is the best way to learn Erlang? by darkof on Tuesday October 01, 2024 @08:44AM (#41707629)
Just learn Elixir :) Tooling is so much better.
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Re:Ask HN: What is the best way to learn Erlang? by hazbo on Tuesday October 01, 2024 @08:47AM (#41707654)
From OP's post:

> But my current project requires me to learn erlang

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Re:Ask HN: What is the best way to learn Erlang? by systems on Tuesday October 01, 2024 @09:20AM (#41708013)
https://elixirschool.com/en/lessons/intermediate/erlang

https://gleam.run/frequently-asked-questions/

https://tour.gleam.run/advanced-features/externals/

Both Elixir and Gleam interop with Erlang

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Re:Ask HN: What is the best way to learn Erlang? by hazbo on Tuesday October 01, 2024 @09:28AM (#41708113)
That's true, in fact there are a whole bunch of BEAM languages[1]. It's just if OP needs to learn Erlang for their current project, learning Elixir, Gleam, LFE etc... might not be the best use of time.

[1]: https://github.com/llaisdy/beam_languages?tab=readme-ov-file...

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