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Perhaps if you framed your question subtly differently and asked yourself what is the difference between Erlang and OTP, the answer maybe easier to discern?
by ed_blackburn 3y ago
Perhaps if you framed your question subtly differently and asked yourself what is the difference between Erlang and OTP, the answer maybe easier to discern?
- bheadmaster 3y agoWhat's the exact difference between Erlang and OTP that would answer my question?
- ed_blackburn 3y agoOTP is the means by which the programming language is able to accomplish tasks such as process to process comms, how to supervise actors etc. It's the enabler for the distributed computing compared to Erlang which is the programming language. They're (obviously) complementary but OTP is the magic that enable one to deliver on the reactive manifesto. Functional programming needs augmenting with mechanisms that provide the distributed computing features, it's not enough on its own.
- bheadmaster 3y agoThanks for the explanation. Where does reactive programming fit in that concept? Is OTP a "reactive" library? If so, why - what exactly makes it "reactive"?