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Erlang doesn't share data between processes by default (except large ref-counted binaries) because it would cause GC pauses to be global, rather than per-proces
by ramchip 5y ago
Erlang doesn't share data between processes by default (except large ref-counted binaries) because it would cause GC pauses to be global, rather than per-process.
- di4na 5y agoNot only that, the original reason was that it makes crashing and concurrency far easier. I suppose crashing is a kind of GC