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Written by Fredrik, 19 Apr 2013
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Dublin Erlang Factory Lite: 23 May
Written by Fredrik, 17 Apr 2013
The Erlang Factory Lite comes to Dublin on the 23rd of May! Find out the latest developments and projects in the world of Erlang from an array of great speakers. Not to mention you'll get to socialise with the Erlang crowd over a few pints of Guinness.
Budapest Erlang Factory Lite: 30 May
Written by Fredrik, 17 Apr 2013
The first Budapest Erlang Factory Lite will take place on 30 May - an event for developers, architects and tech entrepreneurs interested in distributed systems, multi-core software development and functional programming.
GETTING STARTED
What is Erlang?
Erlang is a programming language used to build massively scalable soft real-time systems with requirements on high availability. Some of its uses are in telecoms, banking, e-commerce, computer telephony and instant messaging. Erlang's runtime system has built-in support for concurrency, distribution and fault tolerance.
What is OTP?
OTP is set of Erlang libraries and design principles providing middle-ware to develop these systems. It includes its own distributed database, applications to interface towards other languages, debugging and release handling tools.
