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Interesting, I'd always assumed that Erlang was some kind of portmanteau of 'Ericsson' + 'language'.
by mesofile 7y ago
Interesting, I'd always assumed that Erlang was some kind of portmanteau of 'Ericsson' + 'language'.
- jolux 7y agoIt's both.
- kdmccormick 7y agoI wouldn't be suprised if the happy coindicence was was one of reasons for picking the name.
- anarchyrucks 7y agoI always thought Erlang got its name from a measurement unit in telephony called Erlang[0]. Never looked into why this unit was called Erlang though. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erlang_(unit) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erlang_(unit)
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- hestefisk 7y agoIt is officially.