Should I learn Scala or Erlang

Posted by andhapp on Thursday November 19, 2009 @08:05PM
from the self-post dept.

I am planning on learning a new language and both Scala and Erlang seem interesting but I am not sure which one I should pick. I would appreciate if someone who has had more experience with these languages could help me in making a decision.

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Re:Should I learn Scala or Erlang by jhancock on Thursday November 19, 2009 @09:30PM (#951720)

I've used both; erlang more. You really can't go wrong from a learning perspective with either choice. You would need to post more on the types of things you want to build in order to get further opinion.

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Re:Should I learn Scala or Erlang by senthilnayagam on Friday November 20, 2009 @11:29AM (#952654)

if you are used to procedural or object oriented programming, you may need to unlearn few coding styles before you can master a functional language.

2 better known apps built on erlang are ejabberd(jabber/XMPP server) and couchdb(a popular NoSQL datastore)

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Re:Should I learn Scala or Erlang by b-man on Thursday November 19, 2009 @08:37PM (#951644)

Sincerely, I advice Scheme. Perhaps PLT scheme using htdp.org or SICP.

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