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I mean, have you used Facebook chat, Pinterest, Discord, RabbitMQ, CouchDB, SimpleDB, Riak, T-Mobile SMS, or GRPS/3G phone service? If so, you're using Erlang

I mean, have you used Facebook chat, Pinterest, Discord, RabbitMQ, CouchDB, SimpleDB, Riak, T-Mobile SMS, or GRPS/3G phone service? If so, you're using Erlang probably quite a lot!

bryanrasmussen 8y ago
I don't think that matches what most people mean by using a language, if you use those applications you are using applications that use the language but you do not use the language yourself. Although in CouchDB you can write plugins in Erlang so maybe.
fooker 8y ago
Facebook chat doesn't use Erlang anymore, afaik.
- uxcolumbo 8y ago
  WhatsApp was built using Erlang I believe. WhatsApp is now owned by Facebook. Are you saying they changed the tech stack for WhatsApp?
  - yetihehe 8y ago
    Facebook chat did use erlang (Ejabberd to be precise), but they migrated to something other. WhatsApp uses erlang and is even a member (logo in partners section). So, Facebook uses erlang, but not directly as Facebook, but they changed tech stack away from erlang.
    - gdsdfe 8y ago
      Facebook Messenger is built with ReasonML
      - rkangel 8y ago
        The frontend is built with ReasonML on the web, and some other stuff on mobile. What the backend is built with is separate.