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Erlang's Creator Speaks About Its History and Prospects

Posted by timothy on from the still-coy-on-the-meaning dept.

Seal writes "Erlang, originally created at Ericsson in 1986, is a functional programming language which was released as open source around 10 years ago and flourished ever since. In this Q&A, Erlang creator Joe Armstrong talks about its beginnings as a control program for a telephone exchange, its flexibility and its modern day usage in open source programs. 'In the Erlang world we have over twenty years of experience with designing and implementing parallel algorithms. What we lose in sequential processing speed we win back in parallel performance and fault-tolerance,' Armstrong said. He also mentions how multi-core processors pushed the development of Erlang and the advantages of hot swapping."

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  1. Ooh so now it's a Pop language by goombah99 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Top of the pop chart on face book...

    here's the contest: I did the first phrase, you fill in another one and leave the next to someone else:

    SHANG A DO (loop) LANG
    (Jagger/Richards)

    Shang a doo lang, shang a lang erlang
    Shang a doo lang, shang a lang erlang
    Shang a doo lang, shang shang a erlang
    Shang a doo lang, shang a lang erlang

    Well you tell me, it's a lambda statement
    But I don't know what that meant
    that one plus one can't simply be two?

    He said he'd seen me, goin' out with Charlie
    I only did it, to make him really want me
    You say you'll get me, but I'll get him too

    Shang a doo lang, shang a lang erlang
    Shang a doo lang, shang a lang erlang
    Shang a doo lang, shang shang a erlang
    Shang a doo lang, shang a lang erlang

    But now I think the time is right
    So let him take me out tonight

    I really love him, yes I really love him
    I really want him, yes I really want him
    Yes I love him, tell him I love him too
    Yes I do, yes I do, yes I do, yes I do

    --
    Some drink at the fountain of knowledge. Others just gargle.
  2. On that note.. by bigattichouse · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Anyone have an Erlang background, or some low level C or similar experience and live in the Chicago area (we're just south of the Loop)

    I'm actively involved in a startup that is developing a large project in Erlang, looking for some additional folks to add to our team.

    It's problematic trying to find people with the right skillset, since it isn't just "Erlang" we're looking for - its the general high-volume, high-availability skillset and a deep interest in learning Erlang. I didn't even know much about it before the project. So, fire away on the resumes:

    bigattichouse@gmail.com

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    meh