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What is Gleam? Where would I want to use it?

All I understand from the frontpage is that it's typesafe. Good I guess? Then there is something about Erlang which I never used.

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Gleam is a simple functional programming language which leans into static typing , friendly tooling, and a one-way-to-do-it style. You'd want to use it if you enjoy the programming experience it provides.

It is if you want Erlang but typesafe and with a modern syntax. And why would you want Erlang? Erlang was built for making it easy to build fault-tolerant concurrent applications, for example in telecom.

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