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		tra3 7 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why I wrote the BEAM book I’ve been watching erlang from afar for a few years. Here’s to hoping to actually get to work with it one day.

bigbuppo 7 months ago | [–]

Erlang is one of those languages that will make you a better programmer in other languages.

macintux 7 months ago | | [–]

Yes, but after using Erlang, I found it very painful to switch. Easy to get spoiled by immutability & pattern matching.

lamuswawir 7 months ago | | | [–]

Fullstops.

fridder 7 months ago | [–]

Elixir is a pretty great alternative

k__ 7 months ago | [–]

Gleam also seems to be a bit more approachable.

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