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		sgt on Aug 30, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Elixir saves Pinterest $2M a year in server costs I think people underestimate Elixir. Is it easy to pick up?

weatherlight on Aug 30, 2023 [–]

Yes. I think so. It has an algol type/ style syntax.

If you can wrap your mind around immutability of data structures and understand how to use enumerators instead of loops for iterators, you're golden.

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