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| rvirding |
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This is the Erlang Rationale. It is an attempt to explain why things look like they do in Erlang and our thinking behind many of the properties and features of the language. There is also some descriptions of part of the system which today seem to lack description, for example the i/o system and groups. The Rationale mainly deals with the core parts of the language and the older parts of the libraries and not OTP.
It is to be considered to be work-in-progress and I will add to it when I find the time and get the urge. Please come with comments and suggestions on what is there and what you feel should be there.
Sorry for it being in Word format but this is the best I can do for a simple editor which allows diagrams and runs on Windows. |
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| ksmith |
| Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 11:44 pm |
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| Here is Robert's excellent document in PDF format. |
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| Erlang Rationale by Robert Virding |
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| t |
| Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 9:08 am |
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| Uploaded newly converted PDF as parts in the previous PDF seemed to be broken. |
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| rvirding |
| Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2009 2:50 am |
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This is a new version of the Erlang Rationale. It contains a number of updates and new stuff which have been discreetly makred with a line in the margin. Also the description of the i/o system has been broken out into a separate document and has had the example extended.
Both these documents are in the same zip file and are now in PDF format, which will hopefully gladden my readers. |
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| reitchelazan |
| Posted: Sun May 30, 2010 12:55 pm |
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| rvirding |
| Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2010 2:47 pm |
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reitchelazan wrote: That is only pdf not program. I thought it is source.
Yes, this is a description of the rationale behind parts of the erlang language and the design of the basic system. All the sources are in the standard erlang distribution.
Is this what you meant? |
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