O’ReillyGMT interviews our own Mark Imbriaco.
Here’s an interview I did at Erlang Factory with Mark Imbriaco of 37signals about Campfire. Among the high end topics we discussed – how did Campfire come about, how was it written, how do the rest of 37signals regard it, what Mark is learning this year and, most importantly of all, who would win in a fight between Erlang and Rails!
Oscar
on 21 Oct 09You mean Erlang vs Ruby, or Earlyweb vs Rails, right?
Alejandro Moreno
on 21 Oct 09Hahah! Speaking of apples and oranges!
Matt B
on 21 Oct 09Is it me or does the video have no audio?
Jamie, Baymard Institute
on 21 Oct 09Depends on the application you’re developing I guess..
roobu
on 21 Oct 09Erlang is not a framework. Rails is.
Craig
on 21 Oct 09System admin writing code … oh no, that can never be good :(
Craig
on 21 Oct 09Also, why are we comparing a Framework to a programming language.
Shouldn’t the question be: “who would win the fight against Ruby and Erlang”, which the video host asked and the answer is Erlang.
Adam
on 21 Oct 09Just like everyone else said, apples & oranges.
However, Ruby on the Erlang VM (how sweet is that?).
http://wiki.reia-lang.org/wiki/Reia_Programming_Language
Travis Bell
on 21 Oct 09So did you guys end up switching the polling server on production from C to Erlang, or was this strictly a “let’s see if we can do it” project? I wasn’t clear on that…
Morley
on 21 Oct 09Well, Erlang can fly and has x-ray vision, but Rails is smarter and tougher. Wait, what were we talking about again?
Patrick Huizinga
on 21 Oct 09Travis, see Nuts & Bolts: Campfire loves Erlang.
Justin Reese
on 21 Oct 09Oscar/roobu/Craig/Adam: Did you guys watch the video? The interviewer asks Mark “So if it was a fight between Rails and Erlang, who would win?” It’s a tongue-in-cheek question, as you can tell from his tone.
Apples and oranges, yes, but this article headline reflects the interviewer’s question correctly.
Oscar/roobu/Craig/Adam
on 21 Oct 09@Justin – Evidently: no.
This discussion is closed.