Comment by phplovesong
15 hours ago
I guess elixir is a nice lang for the niche of erlang. But its dynamic (the "type system" is really meh at best) its not suited for real world use.
If i go full dynamic, why not use pure erlang instead?
15 hours ago
I guess elixir is a nice lang for the niche of erlang. But its dynamic (the "type system" is really meh at best) its not suited for real world use.
If i go full dynamic, why not use pure erlang instead?
Maybe try and build something and see for yourself? Saying elixir is not fit for real world use shows how little experience with it you have.
I tried it, and it brings little. It got new syntax, but syntax alone is not important. I can build with erlang, so why would i pick elixir? I used erlang for almost 20 years, and never saw the idea of elixir.
Gleam on the other hand has a actual type system. It still young but i can see what it offers.
So syntax for me is totally pointless and just noise.
Have you tried it since the new type system rolled out?
Yes. It feel unergonomic and bolted on. I rather have a pure static type system, or a full dynamic language.
> not suited for real world use.
I hope you don't use discord or rely on pagerduty.
Dont use discord, never have. It could be just as easily be built in vanilla. Its just a chat really. Nothing special.