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Sung M. Kim

Hi there, Tuomo.

That makes me want to ditch learning Docker and dive into Elixir
😜.
Any problem your friend ran into while working with it by chance?
AFAIK, Functional Programming requires a brain-rewire for OOP programmers

And thank you for checking out the blog, mate 🤡

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Tuomo Kankaanpää

Nothing specific problems AFAIK but you are right, he said the same thing that it requires a brain-rewire :P And also that at first it might be a bit hard (especially if you are coming from OOP world) but once you "get" how things are done in Elixir, it's just gets so much better!

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Sung M. Kim

Ah, it sounds challenging (but I wouldn't run away from one).

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Erick Mutua

lol you don't really need a complete brain rewire. started learning elixir a month ago and coming from oop (python) it has been great. the syntax ain't that bad and you can always get help from the elixir forum whenever you stuck

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Sung M. Kim

I was reading a chapter on List & Recursion (Programming Elixir by Dave Thomas).

Implementing map wasn't so bad but reduce required some change in thinking. (And mapsum doubly so 😛)

But it's been a fun experience.