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- Topics
- JVM,
- CouchDB,
- Virtual Machines,
- Scala,
- Riak,
- Java EE,
- Runtimes,
- Couchbase,
- Functional Programming,
- Dynamic Languages,
- JVM Languages,
- Distributed Document Oriented Database,
- Clojure,
- C++,
- GarbageCollection,
- Companies,
- Erlang,
- Compilers,
- NoSQL,
- Java,
- LISP,
- Languages,
- Architecture,
- Erjang,
- Language Design,
- Database,
- C,
- Twitter,
- Programming,
- Ruby on Rails,
- Google Go,
- Language,
- Web Sockets
In this interview Joe Armstrong and Robert Virding, co-inventors of the Erlang language, talk about the future of the language, including its use in web programming, its ability to scale and more. The duo also discuss Erlang support for NoSQL databases, running the language on the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) and comparisons with other languages such as Google’s Go.
- Topics
- Erlang,
- Stories & Case Studies,
- Functional Programming,
- Erlang Factory 2010,
- Architecture,
- Programming,
- Agile,
- History
Joe Armstrong and Robert Virding recall the events leading to Erlang and its later evolution. They mention the Prolog interpreter, JAM, VEE, Strand88, OTP, TEAM, BEAM, and other technologies.
