Erlang Alternatives

Erlang is described as 'Concurrent, functional programming language enabling fault-tolerant, distributed, and scalable real-time systems, with hot swapping, garbage collection, and dynamic typing' and is a programming language in the development category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Erlang for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Windows, BSD and Web-based apps. The best Erlang alternative is Python, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Erlang are Java, PHP, C++ and C#.

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  1. PureScript was initially designed by Phil Freeman in 2013. He started to work on PureScript since he wasn't satisfied by other attempts to transpile Haskell to JavaScript (e.g. using Fay, Haste, or GHCJS).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • BSD
    • FreeBSD
    • NetBSD
    • OpenBSD
     
  2. Where jank differs from Clojure JVM is that its host is C++ on top of an LLVM-based JIT. This allows jank to offer the same benefits of REPL-based development while being able to seamlessly reach into the native world and compete seriously with JVM's performance.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  3. Smalltalk is an object-oriented programming (OOP) language. It is objects all the way down. Smalltalk’s purity and clarity in this regard made it the archetype for nearly all other OOP languages.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
     
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