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[Todd Willey <todd@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ditto erl > cpp.

On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 3:57 AM, Vishvananda Ishaya
<vishvananda@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> +1 for Erlang from me.  I'm hoping to never have to see C++ templates again :)
>
> On Feb 21, 2011, at 10:58 PM, Devin Carlen wrote:
>
>> 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 major distros have it, and if they don't or are too outdated, the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.org@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> [mailto:openstack-bounces+john=openstack.org@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
>>>> Of Tim Bell
>>>> Sent: Monday, February 21, 2011 2:08 PM
>>>> To: Eric Day; openstack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> 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
>>>>
>>>>
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