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		niutech on Jan 27, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why Erlang looks like it does It's not simple = it is hard to learn for people coming from C/Java/JS-like environment.

im_down_w_otp on Feb 1, 2016 [–]

That makes it different. Not complicated.

It's many, many times simpler than the syntax and semantics than any of thos e three that you listed.

The only language that I can think of that's simpler is Lisp.

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