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Do you have to learn Erlang to learn Elixir?

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miguelsrrobo

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Do you have to learn Erlang to learn Elixir?

hi i was wondering if it is necessary to learn erlang to learn elixir

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derek-zhou

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A good Elixir programmer should at least be able to read Erlang code. However that is only needed much later.

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dorgan

dorgan

No, you can just learn elixir. Learning both can be beneficial, since you can call erlang code from elixir, but you can get very far without learning erlang.

The official Getting Started guide is an excellent starting point

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hauleth

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No, you do not need to, but sooner or later at least minimal knowledge will be handy. However you will not avoid learning OTP principles.

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