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	* 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 it's software switching infrastructure, somewhat like AT&T Bell Labs	+	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		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. Ericsson openly endorses Erlang - OTP systems:[http://www.ericsson.com/technology/opensource/erlang/index.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]