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> Forgive me, I'm ignorant -- what's erlang for Since one computer can fail, your programming language should be designed to be run on multiple computers. Erl
by mrkeen 7y ago
> Forgive me, I'm ignorant -- what's erlang for
Since one computer can fail, your programming language should be designed to be run on multiple computers. Erlang's the only language I know about that puts this philosophy first and foremost.
- eggy 7y agoSee https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tandem_Computers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tandem_Computers This proceeded Erlang by 24 years or so. I know it's not the language, and a combination of hardware and software, but they did change the instruction set of the HP 3000 to have paged virtual memory and "share-nothing" messaging system. Also see the Pony language: https://www.ponylang.io/ https://www.ponylang.io/
- macintux 7y agoCorrection: about 10 years. Erlang was created in the mid-80s.