It's been discussed a fair amount already, but I think this is a good list of pros for erlang:
- less code to do the same thing (dramatically less in a lot of cases) - more robust development environment (far fewer sharp edges in erlang compared to c++) - this is exactly the type of project where erlang shines - lends itself towards more hands in the source code pie since there are fewer correct ways to do things in erlang Both are good choices but erlang has gained a ton of momentum in recent years for the reasons listed above. Personally I'd love to see us choose erlang for this project. I think it's a great fit. - Devin On Feb 21, 2011, at 10:51 PM, Eric Day wrote: > While Erlang is a dependency most folks usually don't have installed > by default, it is a fairly simple and predictable dependency. All > major distros have it, and if they don't or are too outdated, the > packages from the Erlang website are straightforward to install. > > Any dependency (C/C++ compilers, autotools, Erlang) will always have > its quirks, but I think either choice would be fine in the long run. > > The advantages for choosing Erlang right now are speed of development, > code safety, and trivial multi-core/machine use. The advantages for > C++ are runtime efficiency and familiarity. I'm pretty split and don't > think there is an incorrect choice here, but it feels like more folks > are leaning towards C++. > > -Eric > > On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 02:47:21PM -0600, John Purrier wrote: >> I agree with this. Unless there are significant, obvious advantages to >> Erlang I would suggest we stick with C/C++. >> >> John >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: openstack-bounces+john=openstack....@lists.launchpad.net >> [mailto:openstack-bounces+john=openstack....@lists.launchpad.net] On Behalf >> Of Tim Bell >> Sent: Monday, February 21, 2011 2:08 PM >> To: Eric Day; openstack@lists.launchpad.net >> Subject: Re: [Openstack] Queue Service, next steps >> >> >> Please bear in mind the long term maintainability of the openstack package. >> One of the attractive features at the moment is that there are not >> significant pre-reqs to set up the environment and most mass market >> environments can support it. >> >> Using C++ would not significantly change this situation, whereas using >> Erlang may create some more difficulty further down the line. Anything that >> makes porting/rebuilding more difficult needs to be carefully thought >> through. >> >> Tim Bell >> CERN >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack >> Post to : openstack@lists.launchpad.net >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack > Post to : openstack@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack Post to : openstack@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
