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On 09/29/2012 02:18 PM, Hollin Wilkins wrote:
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Hello everyone,
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<div>I am new to the mailing list. I've written several small
libraries and servers in Erlang, and I am interested in learning
more about its internals.</div>
<div>Mainly, I am wondering if there are any papers on the
distribution protocol for forming clusters on Erlang nodes. I
have tried looking at the net_kernel and related source files to
figure out how it works. But this code is quite complex, and I
would understand it better with some sort of paper or companion
guide to explain the protocol at a higher level.</div>
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I think these links within the Erlang documentation are the most
relevant:<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.erlang.org/doc/apps/erts/erl_dist_protocol.html#id89232">http://www.erlang.org/doc/apps/erts/erl_dist_protocol.html#id89232</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.erlang.org/doc/apps/erts/erl_ext_dist.html">http://www.erlang.org/doc/apps/erts/erl_ext_dist.html</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.erlang.org/doc/tutorial/cnode.html">http://www.erlang.org/doc/tutorial/cnode.html</a><br>
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I am not sure about paper references that describe the protocol.
However, the external term format changes enough that a paper would
probably be outdated and inaccurate.<br>
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I also would be interested in a paper that goes into the details
(concerns/choices/decisions) of the protocol between connected nodes
(probably includes EPMD details), since that protocol probably
hasn't changed as much.<br>
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