[erlang-questions] C nodes and OTP

[David Welton]

On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 11:09 PM, Matthias Lang <matthias@REDACTED> wrote:
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> MT> > If you don't need the startup decoupled, I believe an Erlang port is a
> MT> > better choice.
> ...
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> DW> One of the big advantages of a C node is that the C code can live a
> DW> relatively independent life: if it crashes, it does not take Erlang
> DW> with it.   That's more important than simplicity or speed for us.
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> It sounds like you're confusing a linked-in driver and a regular port.
> A linked-in driver can crash the Erlang VM. A plain port program cannot.

Sorry, yes, I think I was looking at this:

http://www.erlang.org/doc/tutorial/c_portdriver.html

which is what had me confused.  Regular old open_port might work for
what we want to do too...I'll have to consider it.  C nodes just
seemed cleaner and more decoupled.

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