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Succinct, functional-first .NET language with strong type inference.

Dynamic functional language on the Erlang VM for fault-tolerant systems, now adding gradual set-theoretic types.

Fusion of OO and functional programming on the JVM, behind Spark and Akka/Pekko; Scala 3 is current.

Concurrent, fault-tolerant language and OTP platform behind telecoms, WhatsApp and RabbitMQ.

Head to head

Metric	F#	Elixir	Scala	Erlang
Stars	4.3k	26.7k	6.3k	12.4k
Weekly downloads	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Download growth	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Popularity score	66/100	81/100	69/100	75/100
Forks	884	3.7k	1.2k	3.2k
Open issues	1.3k	22	1.8k	695
Last commit	1d ago	today	3d ago	1w ago
License	MIT	Apache-2.0	Apache-2.0	Apache-2.0
First released	2015	2011	2012	2009
Signals	None	None	None	None
Listed in	Languages & Runtimes › Functional & BEAM Languages	Languages & Runtimes › Functional & BEAM Languages	Languages & Runtimes › Functional & BEAM Languages	Languages & Runtimes › Functional & BEAM Languages

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Succinct, functional-first .NET language with strong type inference.

Dynamic functional language on the Erlang VM for fault-tolerant systems, now adding gradual set-theoretic types.

Fusion of OO and functional programming on the JVM, behind Spark and Akka/Pekko; Scala 3 is current.

Concurrent, fault-tolerant language and OTP platform behind telecoms, WhatsApp and RabbitMQ.

Metric	F#	Elixir	Scala	Erlang
Stars	4.3k	26.7k	6.3k	12.4k
Weekly downloads	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Download growth	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Popularity score	66/100	81/100	69/100	75/100
Forks	884	3.7k	1.2k	3.2k
Open issues	1.3k	22	1.8k	695
Last commit	1d ago	today	3d ago	1w ago
License	MIT	Apache-2.0	Apache-2.0	Apache-2.0
First released	2015	2011	2012	2009
Signals	None	None	None	None
Listed in	Languages & Runtimes › Functional & BEAM Languages	Languages & Runtimes › Functional & BEAM Languages	Languages & Runtimes › Functional & BEAM Languages	Languages & Runtimes › Functional & BEAM Languages

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