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Yeah, what I really meant by my comment was it is cool to see this style of programming (lightweight procs & messaging) becoming easier to do in more mainstream
by durana 18y ago
Yeah, what I really meant by my comment was it is cool to see this style of programming (lightweight procs & messaging) becoming easier to do in more mainstream languages. While implementation details differ greatly, I think it still gives a lot of credit to the guys who developed Erlang.
- ralph 17y agoAre you aware that using channels for communication and synchronisation has been prevalent in languages other than Erlang? Occam was one, and Bell Labs, creators of C, Unix, etc., used it in Alef and Limbo amongst others. They all hark back to C.A.R. (Tony) Hoare's CSP. Here's a good overview. http://swtch.com/~rsc/thread/ http://swtch.com/~rsc/thread/