http://www.programmersparadox.com/2008/03/10/erlang-tidbits/ Is anything I write real? Wed, 21 Apr 2010 13:23:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.programmersparadox.com/2008/03/10/erlang-tidbits/comment-page-1/#comment-274 Luke Hoersten Mon, 07 Apr 2008 08:12:41 +0000 http://www.programmersparadox.com/2008/03/10/erlang-tidbits/#comment-274 Something you cant deny is its simplicity in distributed concurrent language primitives. Abstractions are much easier to see and make because of this. I'm not sure if you've ever used RMI in Java or anything of that nature but it really makes you appreciate Erlang for what it was intended and designed for. Even if it does have downsides. I think people are just used to these "does-it-all" languages and when something like Erlang comes around, some people don't know how to fit it in to their already full programming language portfolio. Something you cant deny is its simplicity in distributed concurrent language primitives. Abstractions are much easier to see and make because of this. I’m not sure if you’ve ever used RMI in Java or anything of that nature but it really makes you appreciate Erlang for what it was intended and designed for. Even if it does have downsides. I think people are just used to these “does-it-all” languages and when something like Erlang comes around, some people don’t know how to fit it in to their already full programming language portfolio.

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