Introduction to Erlang

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Covers Erlang syntax and OTP process management, demonstrating Erlang’s lightweight process model by implementing a Markov Chain generator where each state and its transitions run as their own Erlang processes. Shows how Erlang processes differ from OS threads and how to use OTP for managing them.

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1. 0:00Start
2. 0:17INTRODUCTION TO ERLANG
3. 1:36Background
4. 2:23Quick Detour!
5. 3:24Detour Over
6. 16:34Exports
7. 23:09Functions Unused Arguments
8. 23:39Markov Chains
9. 35:04src/markov_generator.erl
10. 46:21Why OTP? OTP is a set of libraries for applying lessons leared in building
11. 52:22Processes Isolated Processes
12. 54:03Processes Garbage Collection

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