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With Elixir/Erlang the various BEAM nodes can connect and call each other so the code internally tends to reflect the same approach. The equivalent approach in
by brightball 4y ago
With Elixir/Erlang the various BEAM nodes can connect and call each other so the code internally tends to reflect the same approach.
The equivalent approach in most other languages would be to create a single web API and have everything talk to it via REST, etc.
It’s closer to thinking of everything having an RPC interface by default I suppose.
- dmix 4y agoAnd not all CLI tools are isolated UNIXy bins you install. It could be an interface to a larger app running on the system like a database.