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How Requirements from the Old World Make Erlang Fit into the New World

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Summary

Robert Virding describes how Erlang was developed to solve the concurrency and reliability requirements of telecommunications, dealing with challenges that are similar with those of cloud computing.

Bio

Robert Virding is Principal Language Expert at Erlang Solutions Ltd. Robert was one of the original members of the Ericsson Computer Science Lab, and co-inventor of the Erlang language. He is also an entrepreneur and co-founded one of the first Erlang startups (Bluetail). Robert also worked a number of years at the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) Modelling and Simulations Group.

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Now in its 3rd year, FP Days brings together the best speakers on Clojure, Haskell, Erlang, F#, OCaml and Scala for 2 days of intense, practical learning and shared experiences. Whether you're an FP beginner or a seasoned practitioner you're welcome to participate, meet your peers and have fun.

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Apr 05, 2014

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