[erlang-questions] VM & BEAM Specs

Denys Rtveliashvili rtvd@REDACTED
Sat Aug 4 14:11:57 CEST 2007


>
> Hello,
>
> The ErlangVM and BEAM file specifications are available?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Lucindo
I join to this question.

I was also looking for the specifications once as I had an idea how to 
improve the performance of list operations by changing the underlying 
implementation.
However, I found none. So I took a look into the source code of the VM 
and came to a thought that the code is too complicated for me to change 
anything.

By the way, in case there is a specification for BEAM files and VM it 
would be (theoretically) possible to create a concurrent implementation 
which might bring a bit "fresh blood" into the development of ErlangVM 
and OTP. Diversity is a great thing, especially if it is based on open 
specifications.

With kind regards,
Denis Rtveliashvili



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