I dropped by the erlang-questions archive because I was wondering if I could use Erlang for distributed embedded controllers and I found this thread. I am looking to simplify my multi-controller programming as I can not keep all the distributed coordination factors in my mind, it is more than I can do. Many critical real-time systems now have many controllers that communicate and coordinate to accomplish a goal. It is not unusual to see five to 10 micros in a critical real-time system. <br>
<br>I've looked a agent systems and swarms but those are really for much larger applications then controlling machines. My thought was to simplify the underlying software core and concentrate on the application level. Erlang at first blush appears to have some built-in features that could simplify machine control problems. I've worked on these kind of systems for a long time, the Erlang community may have an underlying concept that would be of great help.<br>
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