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Originally “Bogdan's Erlang Abstract Machine”, but then the subsequent maintainer was named Björn so you could sub that in too.
by glenngillen 4y ago
Originally “Bogdan's Erlang Abstract Machine”, but then the subsequent maintainer was named Björn so you could sub that in too.
- sodapopcan 4y agoAnd the predecessor to BEAM was JAM (Joe’s) which is a bit of a shame we didn’t end up with that acronym… or not, I guess.
- frou_dh 4y agoIIRC Joe Armstrong said he was puzzled why people latched on to the term "BEAM" so much, and he preferred that it was simply referred to as the Erlang VM.
- andsoitis 4y agoBeam, with one syllable, is more convenient to say out loud than Erlang VM. It also sounds cooler.
- amalgamated_inc 4y agoIn fact, it sounds awesome!