http://elixir-lang.org/
So far I love it. It's bent my brain into pretty shapes.
It borrows a lot from Erlang, which it sits on top of, such as incredibly fast process spawning, and the OTP library.
But its syntax is sooooo much nicer (at least coming from Ruby).
The potentially extreme fault tolerance ("nine nines" is not unheard-of), and things like hot code deployment, appeals to me as a web developer.
It also has some unique features as far as languages go, I believe... such as full-fledged macros in a non-homoiconic language.
If you want to dabble in it, Dave Thomas' book on it is awesome: https://pragprog.com/book/elixir/programming-elixir
http://elixir-lang.org/
So far I love it. It's bent my brain into pretty shapes.
It borrows a lot from Erlang, which it sits on top of, such as incredibly fast process spawning, and the OTP library.
But its syntax is sooooo much nicer (at least coming from Ruby).
The potentially extreme fault tolerance ("nine nines" is not unheard-of), and things like hot code deployment, appeals to me as a web developer.
It also has some unique features as far as languages go, I believe... such as full-fledged macros in a non-homoiconic language.
If you want to dabble in it, Dave Thomas' book on it is awesome: https://pragprog.com/book/elixir/programming-elixir