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by djaouen 689 days ago
Learn a functional language like Elixir. That’ll prove both useful and mind expanding!
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ecjhdnc2025 689 days ago
Elixir looks great. It reminds me of the functional and pseudofunctional programming languages I used at uni and their environments like Poplog.

I agree it's mind-expanding.

But I don't think most web development work is mind-expanding or a realistic application for it.

I also don't think using it to criticise PHP is really the right target. If you want to use a functional programming language/environment as a critique of modern web development... maybe start by targeting server-side JS.

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archerx 689 days ago
How can I use Elixir for the web, microcontrollers or making games?

How can Elixir make the development of those things easier/better?

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brightball 689 days ago
Using Perl for sysadmin work and living life in Regex for a while has its perks too. ;)
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