Too bad the author doesn't show specific examples. I can sympathize with the sentiment. The problem with scaling languages like python and ruby in my experience is the number of moving parts and jump in deep knowledge required to scale when your application takes off. One day you're happily writing compact code in your favorite language and suddenly you're rewriting core parts in C/Go/Rust while learning a new language and bolting on a variety of moving parts like redis, memcached, etc. to keep your business from becoming a victim of its own success.
A lot of the problems are more or less solved problems with well known workarounds but it's still a pain and probably why there's so much buzz around finding the "next (insert your favorite language/framework)".
Erlang generated a lot of buzz several years ago but aside from the recent success of WhatsApp it never quite stuck. I'm curious to know how this author thinks differently.
A lot of the problems are more or less solved problems with well known workarounds but it's still a pain and probably why there's so much buzz around finding the "next (insert your favorite language/framework)".
Erlang generated a lot of buzz several years ago but aside from the recent success of WhatsApp it never quite stuck. I'm curious to know how this author thinks differently.