Elixir is one of those languages that changes you. I realize its a ruby flavored wrapper on top of erlang but I don't care. Coming from an OOP/C based language background, it took me a while to get it. Implicit returns? Immutable data? Pipes?? No inheritance??? No for loops????? And all thats just if you use the phoenix framework which maps pretty analogously back to a standard web server flow. Once you start digging into Supervisors and umbrella projects, the top of your head will get blown clean off. It's a hell of a drug.
I am glad to hear there are more companies out there giving it a try. Any time I see a job posting for a company that uses it, I give them a hard look. It tells me that they are a) hiring people who are of a certain mindset (see the python paradox[0]) and b) they understand the competitive advantage that using a language like Elixir can bring to the table.
I am glad to hear there are more companies out there giving it a try. Any time I see a job posting for a company that uses it, I give them a hard look. It tells me that they are a) hiring people who are of a certain mindset (see the python paradox[0]) and b) they understand the competitive advantage that using a language like Elixir can bring to the table.
[0] http://paulgraham.com/pypar.html