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IIRC 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.
by frou_dh 4y ago
IIRC 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!