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erlang

• akubera 4y ago
  Named after Danish mathematician Agner Krarup Erlang[0] who invented queuing theory & telephone network analysis, but they told management that it stood for "Ericsson language" (at least that's what I remember from a Joe Armstrong presentation, but I can't find it right now.) [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agner_Krarup_Erlang https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agner_Krarup_Erlang
• IggleSniggle 4y ago
  I’m almost embarrassed to admit this, but I was today days old when I realized that “clang” and “erlang” were really C-lang and Er-lang, much like Go-lang.