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TY! Very interesting!

• cess11 1y ago
  To add to that, the BEAM has binaries as a data type so when you're talking to a foreign program you can quickly prototype or design binary protocols once you get tired of parsing/encoding JSON or XML or something at the edges. Depending on the facilities of the foreign language it might be more or less feasible, of course.
  • lamuswawir 1y ago
    The binary interface makes interop easier with other langauges. A note of incompatibility in versions after OTP-24 with those before.