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For anyone wondering what the "OTP" part is in Erlang/OTP, it is a set of libraries and associated principles that, in effect, standardize the creation of highl
by tmoertel 5mo ago
For anyone wondering what the "OTP" part is in Erlang/OTP, it is a set of libraries and associated principles that, in effect, standardize the creation of highly reliable, fault-tolerant applications, originally for the telecom domain. It's worth checking out the brief introduction to the fundamental ideas in the introduction to "OTP Design Principles":
https://www.erlang.org/doc/system/design_principles.html https://www.erlang.org/doc/system/design_principles.html
- hackernudes 5mo agoOTP = Open Telecom Platform
- dnautics 5mo agono longer. That is legacy. OTP now just stands for "OTP"
- ramchip 5mo agoIt's still referred as such through the official documentation: https://www.erlang.org/faq/introduction.html#idm24 https://www.erlang.org/faq/introduction.html#idm24 You may be thinking of comments like: https://erlangforums.com/t/should-otp-be-the-standard-library/957/9 https://erlangforums.com/t/should-otp-be-the-standard-librar...
- davidw 5mo ago"Outlaw Techno Psychobitch" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRbY3TMUcgQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRbY3TMUcgQ
- Rendello 5mo agoAnd then Elixir was born! I swear there's a video of Joe Armstrong et al. presenting part of this on stage and laughing along with it. I tried to find it last week but couldn't figure out which talk it was. A few years ago I think I watched every Erlang/OTP talk in existence.