[erlang-questions] Why do we need modules at all?

[Tim Watson]

> Where are two interpretations
>
> a)  "when you *run* this program and find a call to foo:bar/2 go and see if
> you can find the code
> for foo, load it then call the function bar/2"
>
> b ) "When you *compile* this program find the code for foo:bar/2 and
> extract the code for bar/2 and include it in my code" - in this case you
> resolve the name at compile time.
>
> I guess when developing a) is useful but when you deploy code it should be
> b)
>

I completely agree. I'm also quite willing to loose the convenience of
(a) providing the compiler is fast enough.