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This is a basic tenet of erlang. The philosophy is that if the inputs are bad, don't try to handle it. Crash the process to isolate the issue from the rest of t
by banachtarski 14y ago
This is a basic tenet of erlang. The philosophy is that if the inputs are bad, don't try to handle it. Crash the process to isolate the issue from the rest of the system (and god forbid, your database). Erlang's supervisor trees will restart the process for you.
- vemv 14y agoWell that was unexpected! It makes me curious about the Erlang way. Thanks for the reply.
- banachtarski 14y agoOne of the other comments mentions validating user inputs which makes sense and is an exception to my comment above. For the most part though, my comment stands, and it is, indeed one of the more unique and charming aspects of erlang.