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Is Gleam your next programming language?

Developer Voices

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Designing Gleam: A New Language for Reliability

This chapter explores the development of the Gleam programming language, born from a desire to improve upon existing languages by merging their strengths while avoiding common pitfalls. The speakers discuss design philosophies focused on simplicity and resilience, particularly in the context of the Erlang virtual machine. They also highlight the importance of error handling and system robustness, using modern examples to illustrate the necessity for reliability in software architecture.

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