Comments on: Why Make Erlang a Functional Language? http://humani.st/why-make-erlang-a-functional-language/ Computer Science, Business, Blogging, and Technology Blog by Luke Hoersten Sun, 29 Aug 2010 13:25:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Cool game programming languages for 2010 « Ahmed Ali from Ravi Road http://humani.st/why-make-erlang-a-functional-language/comment-page-1/#comment-10816 Cool game programming languages for 2010 « Ahmed Ali from Ravi Road Sat, 30 Jan 2010 19:38:24 +0000 http://humani.st/?p=381#comment-10816 [...] Its cool for game development despite being a niche & obscure language. Several projects are using it for MMORPG servers and it also well known to be used in creating Wings3D. I couldn’t find any libraries for sound & physics but SDL/OpenGL and WxWidgets bindings are atleast enough to try out this language for game development but is more relevant for concurrency. http://www.devmaster.net/articles/mmo-scalable-server/ http://humani.st/why-make-erlang-a-functional-language/ [...] [...] Its cool for game development despite being a niche & obscure language. Several projects are using it for MMORPG servers and it also well known to be used in creating Wings3D. I couldn’t find any libraries for sound & physics but SDL/OpenGL and WxWidgets bindings are atleast enough to try out this language for game development but is more relevant for concurrency. http://www.devmaster.net/articles/mmo-scalable-server/ http://humani.st/why-make-erlang-a-functional-language/ [...]

]]> By: EStau http://humani.st/why-make-erlang-a-functional-language/comment-page-1/#comment-10776 EStau Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:48:22 +0000 http://humani.st/?p=381#comment-10776 nice nice

]]> By: EStau http://humani.st/why-make-erlang-a-functional-language/comment-page-1/#comment-10765 EStau Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:48:22 +0000 http://humani.st/?p=381#comment-10765 nice nice

]]> By: Hynek (Pichi) Vychodil http://humani.st/why-make-erlang-a-functional-language/comment-page-1/#comment-10752 Hynek (Pichi) Vychodil Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:33:49 +0000 http://humani.st/?p=381#comment-10752 Erlang always copy data because strict process isolation and soft-realtime GC. Erlang always copy data because strict process isolation and soft-realtime GC.

]]> By: clubpenguincheatcodes http://humani.st/why-make-erlang-a-functional-language/comment-page-1/#comment-10743 clubpenguincheatcodes Tue, 11 Aug 2009 08:44:25 +0000 http://humani.st/?p=381#comment-10743 In Erlang it is perfectly legal to have *different* functions with the same name but with different arities, so if you want to reference a function uniquely you need to specify the arity. Of course, in some limited situations this may not be necessary but in the general case it is. In Erlang it is perfectly legal to have *different* functions with the same name but with different arities, so if you want to reference a function uniquely you need to specify the arity. Of course, in some limited situations this may not be necessary but in the general case it is.

]]> By: clubpenguincheatcodes http://humani.st/why-make-erlang-a-functional-language/comment-page-1/#comment-10742 clubpenguincheatcodes Tue, 11 Aug 2009 08:44:07 +0000 http://humani.st/?p=381#comment-10742 In Erlang it is perfectly legal to have *different* functions with the same name but with different arities, so if you want to reference a function uniquely you need to specify the arity. Of course, in some limited situations this may not be necessary but in the general case it is. In Erlang it is perfectly legal to have *different* functions with the same name but with different arities, so if you want to reference a function uniquely you need to specify the arity. Of course, in some limited situations this may not be necessary but in the general case it is.

]]> By: I have seen the future, and it is copy-on-write « Hashed Bits http://humani.st/why-make-erlang-a-functional-language/comment-page-1/#comment-10719 I have seen the future, and it is copy-on-write « Hashed Bits Wed, 27 May 2009 20:46:59 +0000 http://humani.st/?p=381#comment-10719 [...] The Erlang guys have touted the copy-on-write model to be the True Way to do concurrent programming for years.  But Erlang isn’t enjoying much success in the mainstream.  I suspect this is to do with the academic stigma that goes with functional programming and the unusual syntax inherited from Prolog. [...] [...] The Erlang guys have touted the copy-on-write model to be the True Way to do concurrent programming for years.  But Erlang isn’t enjoying much success in the mainstream.  I suspect this is to do with the academic stigma that goes with functional programming and the unusual syntax inherited from Prolog. [...]

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]]> By: Luke Hoersten http://humani.st/why-make-erlang-a-functional-language/comment-page-1/#comment-10663 Luke Hoersten Mon, 08 Dec 2008 06:39:58 +0000 http://humani.st/?p=381#comment-10663 That is not me though my family is from Germany. If we've come as far as the US I imagine we've spread to Belgium as well. That is not me though my family is from Germany. If we've come as far as the US I imagine we've spread to Belgium as well.

]]> By: wow goud http://humani.st/why-make-erlang-a-functional-language/comment-page-1/#comment-10662 wow goud Sun, 07 Dec 2008 06:31:37 +0000 http://humani.st/?p=381#comment-10662 Luke, I'm just curious, do you happen to live near Antwerp (Belgium) ?<br><br>The name 'Hoersten' was mentioned during one of my employer's recent gatherings and I was curious if it's you. You know, the world's a small place sometimes. :-) Luke, I'm just curious, do you happen to live near Antwerp (Belgium) ?

The name 'Hoersten' was mentioned during one of my employer's recent gatherings and I was curious if it's you. You know, the world's a small place sometimes. :-)

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