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| icimjs at loop.com |
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Hi,
just out of curiosity, was Erlang named for the Danish mathematician Agner
Krarup Erlang?
TIA,
Elan
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| joe at erix.ericsson.se |
| Posted: Mon Feb 01, 1999 7:29 am |
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> Hi,
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> just out of curiosity, was Erlang named for the Danish mathematician Agner
> Krarup Erlang?
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> TIA,
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> Elan
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Yes
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Joe Armstrong Computer Science Laboratory +46 8 719 9452
AT2/ETX/DN/SU Ericsson Telecom SE-126 25 Stockholm Sweden
joe_at_cslab.ericsson.se http://www.ericsson.se/cslab/~joe
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| mike at erix.ericsson.se |
| Posted: Mon Feb 01, 1999 8:53 am |
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Yes! His work is widely used as a basis for traffic calulations
in the Telcom area and as Ericsson is a telecom company the name
seems apropriate. That doesn't mean that erlang is a telecom
language though, it has been used in all sorts of applications.
/Mike
On Sun, 31 Jan 1999, Elan wrote:
> Hi,
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> just out of curiosity, was Erlang named for the Danish mathematician Agner
> Krarup Erlang?
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> TIA,
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> Elan
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| crd at inversenet.com |
| Posted: Mon Feb 01, 1999 2:19 pm |
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Joe Armstrong wrote:
>> just out of curiosity, was Erlang named for the Danish mathematician
Agner
>> Krarup Erlang?
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> Yes
The language spec says this, and I don't doubt it, but I've always suspected
a secondary meaning in the name: a contraction of the phrase "ERiccson
LANGuage". Is this just coincidental, or was anyone actually thinking this
at the time?
Craig
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| bjarne at erix.ericsson.s |
| Posted: Mon Feb 01, 1999 5:05 pm |
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Craig Dickson wrote:
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> Joe Armstrong wrote:
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> >> just out of curiosity, was Erlang named for the Danish mathematician
> >> Agner Krarup Erlang ?
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> > Yes
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> The language spec says this, and I don't doubt it, but I've always suspected
> a secondary meaning in the name: a contraction of the phrase "ERicsson
> LANGuage". Is this just coincidental, or was anyone actually thinking this
> at the time ?
Yes, indeed, we were very pleased with ourselves
for having thought of such a good pun. Lately,
however, we downplay the Ericsson aspect.
Best regards,
Bjarne
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| joe at erix.ericsson.se |
| Posted: Mon Feb 01, 1999 9:12 pm |
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On Mon, 1 Feb 1999, Craig Dickson wrote:
> Joe Armstrong wrote:
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> >> just out of curiosity, was Erlang named for the Danish mathematician
> Agner
> >> Krarup Erlang?
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> > Yes
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> The language spec says this, and I don't doubt it, but I've always suspected
> a secondary meaning in the name: a contraction of the phrase "ERiccson
> LANGuage". Is this just coincidental, or was anyone actually thinking this
> at the time?
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> Craig
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'Cor blimy - strike a duck - wot a coincidence !
"no comment"
/Joe
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Joe Armstrong Computer Science Laboratory +46 8 719 9452
AT2/ETX/DN/SU Ericsson Telecom SE-126 25 Stockholm Sweden
joe_at_cslab.ericsson.se http://www.ericsson.se/cslab/~joe
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| joe at erix.ericsson.se |
| Posted: Mon Feb 01, 1999 9:15 pm |
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> Yes, indeed, we were very pleased with ourselves
> for having thought of such a good pun. Lately,
> however, we downplay the Ericsson aspect.
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> Best regards,
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> Bjarne
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Shhhhhhhh - people might be listening (trade secrets,
industrial espionage, Nokia, Lucent ......)
/Joe
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