I Agree: It’s Not Worth Arguing
September 20, 2006 – 4:00 pmThis post titled “Ruby vs. Python - why no-one should care” resonates. The argument is that the languages are similar enough that there’s really nothing to choose between them, so stick with whichever you learn first. Now Erlang, on the other hand — I’ve always wondered why there isn’t real buzz around it in the open source world…
One Response to “I Agree: It’s Not Worth Arguing”
Erlang looks like it seeks to provide the services of the underlying network in a programmatic way (through the messaging services - TCP, TCP variant, UDP) with the added benefit of concurrency and distribution which I can see being extremely useful in telecommunications. Some areas which I see are not well described is any sort of security for the communications and integration of a limited database. The database is ideal for switches and network devices where state can be shortlived but not so good for information management which the general public would have more of a craze for. Admittedly, programming in Erlang seems extremely easy. If Erlang were to add some more info about security then I’m sure they may be able to extend themselves into the grid arena.
By Shahan on Sep 20, 2006