[erlang-questions] architectural/design overview of Erlang/OTP network stack

Miles Fidelman mfidelman@REDACTED
Wed Jul 23 22:43:53 CEST 2014


Thanks!

Dmitry Kolesnikov wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I would recommend you to look into design (source code) of following OTP applications
>   * ssl
>   * ssh
>
> I would say that they reflect a “typical” scenario of network programming using Erlang.
>
> Best Regards,
> Dmitry
>
>
> On 23 Jul 2014, at 23:02, Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@REDACTED> wrote:
>
>> I wonder if someone can point me to any architectural/design documentation of Erlang's network stack.
>>
>> I'm interested in seeing how things are coded in Erlang, as opposed to c implementation (to the extent that Erlang is not making use of underling operating system network code).  I'm assuming that network programming in Erlang lends itself to a different style than network coding in other languages (I'm guessing some kinds of packets/transactions are handled by spawning a process as opposed to creating and linking a buffer.)  Sort of trying to get a feel for how this all works.
>>
>> It would be cool beyond belief if someone has an overview of "the life of an http transaction," or some such, that illustrates all the moving parts, how events and data flow through various modules, and so forth.  Failing that, some pointers into the code.
>>
>> Thanks very much,
>>
>> Miles Fidelman
>>
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