Comparing Elixir and Go
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Comparing Elixir and Go
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Re: Comparing Elixir and Go
#2> It has since expanded into numerous other areas, such as web servers, and has achieved nine 9s of availability (31 milliseconds/year of downtime).
I definitely want to read more about this.
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#3> It has since expanded into numerous other areas, such as web servers, and has achieved nine 9s of availability (31 milliseconds/year of downtime). I definitely want to read more about this.
"nine 9s" comes from Erlang (or in this case BEAM): https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8426897/erlangs-99-99999...
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#4How does Crystal lang compare to the two?
I know the syntax is more similar to Elixir, but the format seems closer to Go in the sense that it compiles to a binary.
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#5[Deleted] Originally I'd had an off the cuff remark here of "apples to oranges". I'd like retreat to say that the article is actually a good overview and comparison
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#6Author here. This was published a week earlier than expected so just a heads up that there are a couple of edits coming.
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#7How does Crystal lang compare to the two? I know the syntax is more similar to Elixir, but the format seems closer to Go in the sense that it compiles to a binary.
My understanding of Crystal is limited, but I think of the two, Go is the only one you would probably consider comparing it to, because of its native compilation. I don't think it has a very strong emphasis on concurrency, so comparing it to Elixir likely doesn't make much sense. Take that with a grain of salt though, as I'm not super familiar with the language.
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#8> It has since expanded into numerous other areas, such as web servers, and has achieved nine 9s of availability (31 milliseconds/year of downtime). I definitely want to read more about this.
This is how myths are created and perpetuated.
This claims from a study of a particular model of Ericsson's ATM switch whose software was written in Erlang.
A can tell you for sure that: * Ericsson has other switches and other telecom equipment whose software is written in C++ * other companies (Nokia, Cisco, Alcatel etc.) also built similar complex telecom equipment whose software was in C++
I'm going to bet that at least one of those devices was more reliable than that particular switch, because it's not the language that creates reliability but people writing and testing the software.
Some languages make it easier than others but attributing some magic qualities from extrapolating a single case study of a telecom equipment is just silly.
Telecom equipment is reliable because it has to be. If you're incapable of writing reliable software for telecom equipment then your company will go bankrupt and be replaced by one that can, even if the language they use is C++.
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#9How does Crystal lang compare to the two? I know the syntax is more similar to Elixir, but the format seems closer to Go in the sense that it compiles to a binary.
My understanding of Crystal is limited, but I think of the two, Go is the only one you would probably consider comparing it to, because of its native compilation. I don't think it has a very strong emphasis on concurrency, so comparing it to Elixir likely doesn't make much sense. Take that with a grain of salt though, as I'm not super familiar with the language.
Crystal has a similar concurrency model to Go, actually. It just doesn't yet have parallelism yet (coming soon).
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#10> It has since expanded into numerous other areas, such as web servers, and has achieved nine 9s of availability (31 milliseconds/year of downtime). I definitely want to read more about this.
This is how myths are created and perpetuated. This claims from a study of a particular model of Ericsson's ATM switch whose software was written in Erlang. A can tell you for sure that: * Ericsson has other switches and other telecom equipment whose software is written in C++ * other companies (Nokia, Cisco, Alcatel etc.) also built similar complex telecom equipment whose software was in C++ I'm going to bet that at…
Yeah exactly. To make something 9 9s reliable, there is lots of fault tolerance in the system and hardware architecture.