Erlang Master Class 1: Video 8 - Discussion:
FRANCESCO CESARINI: One question I got once is, we’re learning Haskell and you’re giving us a lecture about how Erlang’s being used in the real world. Why are they actually teaching us Haskell, and not Erlang? And a natural answer there was, you’re here to learn how to learn.
I’m being left with the impression that in Haskell functional programming is an end in itself, while in Erlang and Elixir functional programming is merely a means to an end - so Erlang/Elixir seem more practically minded.
Also Erlang (for optimization reasons AFAIK) allows the formation of improper lists with the cons cell.
