For Gleam//Erlang is there an easy way to package up an executable you can distribute without also shipping Erlang?
WJW•1h ago
You can compile to javascript as well.
lpil•56m ago
No, the VM needs to be installed on the machine, similar to C#, Java, Python, etc.
There have been some projects for creating self-extracting executable archives for the VM, and some projects for compiling BEAM programs to native code, but nothing has become well established yet.
giacomocava•1h ago
Amazing to hear success stories of Gleam in production! Running on the beam really feels like a super power
stephenlf•43m ago
Beautiful. I’ve taken a few cracks at learning Gleam, but I found I quickly get stuck in abstraction hell—building types on types in types without coding any behavior. I would probably have more success learning Erlang first, just to get a handle on those functional patterns the BEAM was built for. I should take another crack at it.
0cf8612b2e1e•1h ago
WJW•1h ago
lpil•56m ago
There have been some projects for creating self-extracting executable archives for the VM, and some projects for compiling BEAM programs to native code, but nothing has become well established yet.