[sivers]

I sponsored the OpenBSD port of Elixir 1.0.5 & Erlang 18:

http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/ports/lang/elixir/

So it'll be included in OpenBSD 5.8.

[yellowapple]

Thanks! That should (hopefully) put an end to me having to build both of those things from source (as another user of both OpenBSD and Erlang/Elixir).

[reitzensteinm]

That's awesome! Could I ask why? Are you using it to build anything public?

[sivers]

Hopefully some day! ☺

All my programming is public, so if I ever start making something with it, it'll be at https://github.com/sivers

But I'm a fan of OpenBSD, and like to make sure it stays current. I've contributed a few thousand $ over the years to help.

And I'm a fan of Dave Thomas from Pragmatic Programmers, so when I heard him raving about Elixir, I had to give it a try. I like it so far.

Good overview video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hht9s6nAAx8

Good books:

"Introducing Elixir - Getting Started in Functional Programming"

http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920030584.do

"Elixir in Action"

http://www.manning.com/juric/

"Programming Elixir"

https://pragprog.com/book/elixir/programming-elixir

[zcid]

Thank you so much!

I just noticed the Erlang port yesterday; it was a most pleasant surprise.