I would appreciate if this post included just a few shell script snippets showing how to replace current Erlang compilation toolchain so Erlang/Elixir/other-BEAM-langs can try it, i.e. a drop-in replacement for your day-to-day dev workflow.
I don't mind compiling `firefly` from source (as the GitHub page instructs). That's all fine and an accepted reality when an experimental tool is starting to take off.
But not providing much of a context + actionable list of items on how to try it in your day-to-day work is to me a PR piece doomed to fall on deaf ears.
This is not an investor pitch to business people. You're advertising to programmers. Please craft your articles accordingly.
Don't get me wrong, I am glad this exists and will follow it. I just wish we had something to copy-paste in our `~/.bashrc` file and and be able to try the tool today.
It's not quite ready for that level of experimentation yet, we only recently got the compiler implemented, and there is much remaining in the runtime to finish up. There will be more announcements in the future related to the project, and I'll make a note to ensure we provide the kind of instructions you're looking for when the time comes.
Cool. When you guys feel that some projects can benefit from it, please post some instructions. Ideally just a few shell incantations to replace Erlang's compiler and runtime so one can easily run Erlang or Elixir apps right away.
Appreciate your work a lot and would contribute but too much on my plate for that. Hence -- double appreciation.
Thanks! I’ll put some together in the next couple days just to make sure it gets done, so even though running those apps may not work (depending on what’s used), at least it’ll be easy to play with it.
I don't mind compiling `firefly` from source (as the GitHub page instructs). That's all fine and an accepted reality when an experimental tool is starting to take off.
But not providing much of a context + actionable list of items on how to try it in your day-to-day work is to me a PR piece doomed to fall on deaf ears.
This is not an investor pitch to business people. You're advertising to programmers. Please craft your articles accordingly.
Don't get me wrong, I am glad this exists and will follow it. I just wish we had something to copy-paste in our `~/.bashrc` file and and be able to try the tool today.