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	Erlang is not just a language.		Erlang is not just a language.
-	Ericsson open sourced it's software switching infrastructure, somewhat like AT&T Bell Labs	+
-	open sourcing Plan9. It's different because Ericsson actually produced real products using	+
-	Erlang. Ericsson openly endorses Erlang - OTP systems:[http://www.ericsson.com/technology/opensource/erlang/index.shtml]	+
	Erlang is based off of Joe Armstrong's thesis - "Making reliable distributed systems		Erlang is based off of Joe Armstrong's thesis - "Making reliable distributed systems
	in the presence of software errors".		in the presence of software errors".
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	* pre-compiled binaries for win32 and linux		* pre-compiled binaries for win32 and linux
	* system libraries with built-in		* system libraries with built-in
-	** easily distributable, configurable ( in-memory or disk ) database system called Mnesia	+	** easily distributable, configurable ( in-memory or disk ) database system called Mnesia
-	** native bindings to mysql and postgres	+	** native bindings to mysql and postgres
-	** SNMP V1, V2 and V3 agents,	+	** SNMP V1, V2 and V3 agents,
-	** a database config that exposes tables as SNMP tables	+	** a database config that exposes tables as SNMP tables
-	** 3rd party contrib libs for - web server, jabber, ldap, radius, ldap, nfs	+	** 3rd party contrib libs for - web server, jabber, ldap, radius, ldap, nfs
	* bindings to C, C++, Java, Tk		* bindings to C, C++, Java, Tk
	* good documentation including how to extend it with examples		* good documentation including how to extend it with examples
	* a couple of books that discuss erlang implementations of non-trivial distributing computing objects.		* a couple of books that discuss erlang implementations of non-trivial distributing computing objects.
-		+	Ericsson open sourced its software switching infrastructure, somewhat like AT&T Bell Labs
		+	open sourcing Plan9. It's different because Ericsson actually produced real products using
		+	Erlang. Ericsson openly endorses Erlang - OTP systems:[http://www.ericsson.com/technology/opensource/erlang/index.shtml]
		+	What other open source language do you know that is used by a corporation to build the AXE 301, a 512K cross connect switch that can achieve throughputs of 160Gbs.
		+	[http://www.ericsson.com/ericsson/corpinfo/publications/review/1998_01/26.shtml]
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Everytime I talk to people about Erlang they think it's just another language.

Erlang is not just a language.

Erlang is based off of Joe Armstrong's thesis - "Making reliable distributed systems in the presence of software errors". The current download contains:

• the src code with targets for WIN32, linux and vxworks
• pre-compiled binaries for win32 and linux
• system libraries with built-in
  • easily distributable, configurable ( in-memory or disk ) database system called Mnesia
  • native bindings to mysql and postgres
  • SNMP V1, V2 and V3 agents,
  • a database config that exposes tables as SNMP tables
  • 3rd party contrib libs for - web server, jabber, ldap, radius, ldap, nfs
• bindings to C, C++, Java, Tk
• good documentation including how to extend it with examples
• a couple of books that discuss erlang implementations of non-trivial distributing computing objects.

Ericsson open sourced its software switching infrastructure, somewhat like AT&T Bell Labs open sourcing Plan9. It's different because Ericsson actually produced real products using Erlang. Ericsson openly endorses Erlang - OTP systems:[1] What other open source language do you know that is used by a corporation to build the AXE 301, a 512K cross connect switch that can achieve throughputs of 160Gbs. [2]