<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">On Mon, Jun 7, 2021 at 3:04 PM Valentin Micic <<a href="mailto:v@micic.co.za">v@micic.co.za</a>> wrote:<br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div>Put differently, is there any difference between internal and external term presentation?<br></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>They are very different. The internal representation is larger in size but faster to navigate/manipulate. They also have very different requirements that make them different.</div><div><br></div><div>You can read more about the external term format here: <a href="https://erlang.org/doc/apps/erts/erl_ext_dist.html">https://erlang.org/doc/apps/erts/erl_ext_dist.html</a></div><div>And the internal format here: <a href="https://blog.stenmans.org/theBeamBook/#CH-TypeSystem">https://blog.stenmans.org/theBeamBook/#CH-TypeSystem</a></div><div><br></div><div>Lukas</div></div></div>