Justification behind the development of Erjang(javalimit.com)
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Justification behind the development of Erjang
http://www.javalimit.com/2009/12/erjang-why.html
2 comments
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.
- Massive parallelism via processes
- Immutable data structures
- Highly refined GC based on immutability of data
So he wants the Erlang syntax and not the fundamental core features that make Erlang what it is.
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.