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		izietto on Sept 12, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Changelog for Elixir v1.11 I'd be curious to know if WhatsApp engineers evaluated using Elixir, if they are using Elixir only partially or not at all, and which are the reasoning behind that

dmitriid on Sept 12, 2020 | [–]

WhatsApp predates Elixir by several years. And they are using Erlang (Elixir runs on top of Erlang VM).

cultofmetatron on Sept 12, 2020 | | [–]

I don't think elixir existed when they were first creating whatsapp

dnautics on Sept 12, 2020 | [–]

my understanding is that they are not using elixir at all, but that is secondhand knowledge.

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