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June 30, 2006

"A Taste of Erlang, a Dynamic, Asynchronous Message-Passing Language" Article Available

Posted: 2006-06-30 23:20:00
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informit.com is running an article entitled "A Taste of Erlang, a Dynamic, Asynchronous Message-Passing Language", by David Chisnall. It introduces Erlang, a general-purpose language offering support for concurrency, distribution and fault tolerance.

The article gives some background as to Erlang's origins and language features, and also discusses topics such as the bit syntax, pattern matching, and concurrency facilities.