<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">I think the erlang community has gotten wedged in a needlessly unconstructive state regarding atoms. Not sure why?</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">Best,</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">Thomas</div><div style="color:
rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; margin-top: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> <div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <hr size="1"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Robert Virding <robert.virding@erlang-solutions.com><br></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="Arial"><br></font></div><div class="y_msg_container"><div id="yiv6822781452"><div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Atoms, however, definitely do exist. :-) They are literal constants with a name. And you should definitely avoid
dynamically creating atoms in an uncontrolled fashion or you will eventually fill the atom table and crash the system.</div></div></div></div> </div> </div> </blockquote></div> <style type="text/css">#yiv6822781452 p {margin:0;}</style><style><!--
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