> Erlang as a language is one of the wisest languages around
It is a truly one of the few industrial, battle hardened functional and concurrent languages. I think languages that came after it and claim to have those features should at least somehow justify how they have improved on what's there.
Now ok, there is a balance. Someone spent time, and effort. Wrote a new language and open sourced it. Should we criticize them? They are giving it away and here we are telling them their work has some big warts and someone already built something similar. Yeah, it is an interesting question, and how heavy the criticism should be....
It is a truly one of the few industrial, battle hardened functional and concurrent languages. I think languages that came after it and claim to have those features should at least somehow justify how they have improved on what's there.
Now ok, there is a balance. Someone spent time, and effort. Wrote a new language and open sourced it. Should we criticize them? They are giving it away and here we are telling them their work has some big warts and someone already built something similar. Yeah, it is an interesting question, and how heavy the criticism should be....