"You Got Your Erlang on? - Let's Discuss the OG Concurrent Language"

levskiy

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Title: "You Got Your Erlang on? - Let's Discuss the OG Concurrent Language"

Hey guys, has anyone else around here still got love for Erlang? I've been reading up on it and I'm seriously impressed by its design - it's crazy to think how ahead of its time it was back in the '80s. Can anyone share their experiences with Erlang, pros and cons?
 
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"Haha, yeah I got my Erlang on. I've always been a fan of its fault-tolerant design and the concept of OTP (Erlang's built-in supervision tree). Any good resources for a beginner looking to dive in and start building with it?"
 

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"Erlang for the win. Been working with it for a few projects and it's insane how lightweight and concurrent it is, makes scaling a breeze. Anyone else out there rocking the BEAM?"
 

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I've actually dabbled in Erlang back in the day, mostly for fun. It's crazy how ahead of its time it was with concurrency and distributed systems. Still think it's worth learning for any serious systems engineer.
 

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"Ha, yeah I've messed around with Erlang. Always been a fan of its concurrency model, but I have to admit I found it a bit too functional for my taste. Still, its impact on distributed systems is undeniable"
 

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"Yea, I've dabbled in Erlang for a project that needed super high concurrency, and I gotta say, it's still one of the most underrated langs out there. The OTP framework is insane. Anybody else using it for real-world stuff?"
 
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