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Is there any additional context here? (Is this a common misperception that you’ve come across?)
by bee_rider 2y ago
Is there any additional context here? (Is this a common misperception that you’ve come across?)
- macintux 2y agoNot the original commenter, but from hearing Joe Armstrong speak on multiple occasions my recollection is that Erlang was blacklisted for some length of time (which allowed it to become an open source language), but eventually the company realized it still offered significant value.
- sbuttgereit 2y agoI posted an excerpt in a different comment, but a decent source for this is section 5.2 of the document: https://lfe.io/papers/%5B2007%5D%20Armstrong%20-%20HOPL%20III%20A%20History%20of%20Erlang.pdf https://lfe.io/papers/%5B2007%5D%20Armstrong%20-%20HOPL%20II...