This book is an in-depth introduction to Erlang, a programming language
ideal for any situation where concurrency, fault tolerance, and fast
response is essential. Erlang is gaining widespread adoption with the
advent of multi-core processors and their new scalable approach to
concurrency. With this guide you'll learn how to write complex
concurrent programs in Erlang, regardless of your programming background
or experience.
Written by leaders of the international Erlang community -- and based on
their training material -- Erlang Programming focuses on the
language's syntax and semantics, and explains pattern matching, proper
lists, recursion, debugging, networking, and concurrency.
This book helps you:
- Understand the strengths of Erlang and why its designers included
specific features
- Learn the concepts behind concurrency and Erlang's way of handling it
- Write efficient Erlang programs while keeping code neat and readable
- Discover how Erlang fills the requirements for distributed systems
- Add simple graphical user interfaces with little effort
- Learn Erlang's tracing mechanisms for debugging concurrent and
distributed systems
- Use the built-in Mnesia database and other table storage features
Erlang Programming provides exercises at the end of each chapter and
simple examples throughout the book.
