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Check out whats app's architecture "Our results have demonstrated the fantastic scalability of Erlang, and in this talk we will share some of the discoveries a
by gt565k 11y ago
Check out whats app's architecture
"Our results have demonstrated the fantastic scalability of Erlang, and in this talk we will share some of the discoveries and modifications we have made along the path to supporting millions of connected users per server. "
https://vimeo.com/44312354 https://vimeo.com/44312354
Some of the speculations about why facebook bought them is their architecture build on top of Erlang
- simonw 11y agoFacebook Chat was originally written in Erlang: https://www.facebook.com/notes/facebook-engineering/chat-stability-and-scalability/51412338919 https://www.facebook.com/notes/facebook-engineering/chat-sta... - but they ended up switching it from Erlang to C++: https://www.quora.com/When-did-Facebook-switch-away-from-using-Erlang-for-Facebook-Chat https://www.quora.com/When-did-Facebook-switch-away-from-usi...