The OP is talking about Elixir/Clojure as alternatives. I really liked Elixir's built in Actor like system, Ruby like syntax and the fact it runs on the Erlang VM is very interesting.
I was always wondering why Ruby developers who looked for an alternative didn't move to Scala / Play ecosystem, Scala always seemed to me more like "typed Ruby" than a "better java" or "mediocre Haskell".
But after skimming elixir's getting started docs, I think I know why. Elixir seems to have much more "Ruby like" syntax, it's not running on the JVM, and it's dynamic.
But still I wonder how much the Ruby / Rails community is aware of Scala / Play framework / Akka / Akka-http (formerly spary) as a possible comfortable alternatives to Ruby / Rails / Elixir's actor system / Ruby API?
Play framework knowingly (and admittedly, giving all due credit) borrows a lot from Rails. and I am amazed how Ruby and Scala have more similarities than Scala and Java, yet people still link Scala with Java much more than with anything else.
I think the Scala ecosystem will benefit a lot if there was even a small stream of Rails contributors that also do Scala on the side. I think what makes Rails and Ruby so great is the amazing community and open source culture behind it. As a Scala fan, I can't be but a little gelous...
I was always wondering why Ruby developers who looked for an alternative didn't move to Scala / Play ecosystem, Scala always seemed to me more like "typed Ruby" than a "better java" or "mediocre Haskell".
But after skimming elixir's getting started docs, I think I know why. Elixir seems to have much more "Ruby like" syntax, it's not running on the JVM, and it's dynamic.
But still I wonder how much the Ruby / Rails community is aware of Scala / Play framework / Akka / Akka-http (formerly spary) as a possible comfortable alternatives to Ruby / Rails / Elixir's actor system / Ruby API?
Play framework knowingly (and admittedly, giving all due credit) borrows a lot from Rails. and I am amazed how Ruby and Scala have more similarities than Scala and Java, yet people still link Scala with Java much more than with anything else.
I think the Scala ecosystem will benefit a lot if there was even a small stream of Rails contributors that also do Scala on the side. I think what makes Rails and Ruby so great is the amazing community and open source culture behind it. As a Scala fan, I can't be but a little gelous...