Highly unlikely you’d have to learn Rust. Decent chance you’d eventually have to learn just a little of Erlang, to understand & use libraries.
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popoinikov
Thanks for the answer!
But I mean the other.
I have poorly formulated.
Do not you think that practical skills with Rust
become a prerequisite for hiring?
Аnyway, next shot glass is for you.
Thank you.
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sribe
Not at all a prerequisite for hiring for the majority of web-app type development that Elixir is used for. But certainly an advantage for some jobs.
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LSylvester
While I can agree that you dont need to know Erlang to know Elixir, there is a caveat to that. Knowing Erlang can make you a better Elixir developer.
Many devs who hit Elixir coming from Ruby or Python, for example, often miss some of the important nuances of the BEAM runtime and of OTP. If you have the time, I recommend reading Erlang in Action; it’s my single-most favourite book for teaching proper use of OTP and how BEAM works. I promise you you will see Elixir in a whole new light. Another great book is The Little Elixir and OTP Guidebook, but that’s no as deep.
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popoinikov
Thank you very much.
I will definitely read it.
Do you think “Programming Erlang” (2nd edition) is not an outdated book?
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gregvaughn
No, Programming Erlang is not outdated.
If you want to go even deeper Designing for Scalability with Erlang/OTP goes even deeper. It’s the best book on architecture I’ve read in any language.
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