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    Is it Erlang’s semantics that really rub people the wrong way? 
    ... after seeing O’Caml, Haskell, and Clojure before, Erlang feels 
    a bit easier to get the hang of. Erlang’s semantics indeed throw 
    people off, especially those who know a C-style language.
I write in Haskell, I knew OCaml, Racket is a friend of mine. Erlang is no Clojure.

The problem with Erlang is not one of semantics, it's one of syntax. I find the syntax of Erlang jarringly bad.

Try this for a longer rant: http://damienkatz.net/2008/03/what_sucks_abou.html



If Erlang's syntax bothers you and like Clojure you should check out LFE (Lisp Flavored Erlang). It's Erlang with a Lisp sytax.




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