Erlang for Python programmers: Part I

http://ruslanspivak.com/2007/09/09/erlang-for-python-programmers-part-i/

by foemmel • 18 years ago

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yan• 18 years ago

I want to point out that a more correct name for that article can be "Erlang-supported types for people who are already aware with the idea of data types, but I will make a few comments targeted at the Python developer," albeit that title is a lot less succinct and sexy.

That article does very little to introduce functional or declarative programming style. It also doesn't introduce Erlang's process model or Erlang's strengths, but then again I don't expect it to given how brief it is.

It's a good otherwise.

davidw• 18 years ago

It's also old, and I think it's made the rounds here before.

acangiano• 18 years ago

On Stacktrace.it, we have an incredible series of articles on Scheme for Python programmers, but unfortunately, at the moment they're in Italian only:

weezus• 18 years ago

Fortunatamente, gli esempi sono in inglese.

hobbs• 18 years ago

Shoot, I thought he might have been referring to Candygram: http://candygram.sourceforge.net (not to toot my own horn)

It isn't maintained anymore, though. But the LGPL'ed source is always available.

Erlang for Python programmers: Part I

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