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The article mentions updating a warehousing software by updating individual copies and making these interoperate with the older copies, so the system can be pro
by ramchip 17y ago
The article mentions updating a warehousing software by updating individual copies and making these interoperate with the older copies, so the system can be progressively updated. It also talks about machines that would run without ever being stopped or rebooted. Yet there is no mention of Erlang or updating an application while it's running, which I find rather surprising.
- mahmud 17y agoErlang is a flash in the pan compared to how old these technologies are. IBM's S/360 goes back to the early 60s, then came the S/390, and finally z/OS; the hardware of the S-series could be hotplugged, the entire machine updated in hardware and software while it's running. Since the 1960s! Like the articles says, us whippersnappers, 00s, cloud-this and distributed that types know jack about this stuff. Kneel and kiss the ring! ;-)