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The parent poster asked for something "a little more accessible" than learning Erlang, and you responded with a 295-page doctorate thesis. Is there something el
by krallja 11y ago
The parent poster asked for something "a little more accessible" than learning Erlang, and you responded with a 295-page doctorate thesis. Is there something else that one might have a chance at grokking in a single evening?
- ams6110 11y agoErlang isn't hard to learn.
- e12e 11y agoAnd Elixir is maybe easier. I believe the documentation is making strides, but last I checked there were some rather opaque references to Erlang OTP, and other things that aren't exactly obvious. http://elixir-lang.org/ http://elixir-lang.org/
- tmm 11y agoPerhaps not readable in a single evening, but this is probably the most accessible thesis I've ever read. If you don't care about the history or motivation behind Erlang, just skip to chapter 3. However, I think the "why" of Erlang is pretty compelling in and of itself, especially if you're interested in extremely high-availability telecom hardware with an operational life measured in decades.
- shoo 11y agoi'll second `tmm`'s comment. i skim-read Armstrong's Erlang thesis a while ago, it is very readable. if you invest a few hours one evening in reading it you can probably get a good overview of what is important, and which parts you might like to learn about next in more detail.