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by cookiecaper 3836 days ago
Now that the JavaScript trend is transitioning from "cool hipster language" to "a language that Wal-Mart uses", room is being made for a new language fad. Elixir/Phoenix seems like it may be a good candidate.
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hackercomplex 3836 days ago
Why not learn to use Erlang instead of trying to make Erlang "feel kind of like Ruby" ?

As far as LFE goes.. implementing a LISP-1 on top of erlang seems like a perfectly reasonable thing to do, but why invent some new funky syntax (elixer) ?

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piotrnowak 3836 days ago
If you think Elixir is about syntax or about making Erlang look like Ruby, you should really watch this talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lqo9-pQuRKE

Syntax is the first thing José Valim discards on the talk, he then goes on to talk about polymorphism, collections, tooling and so on.

Also, both Elixir and LFE have two namespaces, so none of them would be equivalent to a LISP-1.

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