I can recommend Joe's book (I bought the pdf). He has an endearing self-depreciating tone, despite being Erlang's (key) developer. He also sprinkles in the actu

I can recommend Joe's book (I bought the pdf). He has an endearing self-depreciating tone, despite being Erlang's (key) developer. He also sprinkles in the actual reason for certain features. I'd also recommend Joe's "A History of Erlang" (free pdf) for the why's of it (which is my main interest): http://www.cs.chalmers.se/Cs/Grundutb/Kurser/ppxt/HT2007/general/languages/armstrong-erlang_history.pdf http://www.cs.chalmers.se/Cs/Grundutb/Kurser/ppxt/HT2007/gen...