Re:I Tried Gleam for Advent of Code, and I Get the Hype
by lpil on Sunday December 14, 2025 @04:15PM
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I presume they checked out Gleam years ago, or their investigation was more shallow.
That aside, it is normal in Elixir to use Erlang OTP directly. Neither Elixir nor Gleam provides an entirely alternative API for OTP. It is a strength that BEAM languages call each other, not a weakness.
That aside, it is normal in Elixir to use Erlang OTP directly. Neither Elixir nor Gleam provides an entirely alternative API for OTP. It is a strength that BEAM languages call each other, not a weakness.