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Justification behind the development of Erjang

6 pointsby baxterover 15 years ago

2 comments

jameskiltonover 15 years ago
So he wants Erlang but without:<p>- Massive parallelism via processes<p>- Immutable data structures<p>- Highly refined GC based on immutability of data<p>So he wants the Erlang syntax and not the fundamental core features that make Erlang what it is.<p>There's also a lot of "maybe this" and "maybe that." To me, this sounds like he's still trying to justify this project to himself much less everyone else.
hromanover 15 years ago
Well, on the technical side I can't see any advantage over BEAM. On the bright side, at least you have another alternative syntax on the JVM.