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by cmullaparthi 847 days ago
I agree with this sentiment. I programmed in Erlang for more than a decade before Elixir came along and I couldn't see the point of it. When I first picked up Erlang in '99 it was a breath of fresh air. The simplicity of the language blew me away (or maybe I just had a very good tutor).