[erlang-questions] Why is Erlang what it is?

Kirill Zaborski qrilka@REDACTED
Wed Dec 13 20:15:17 CET 2006


OK, so now meaningful reply from Erlang people (I see that it's dead but I
have no idea why)
So I'll email Mr. Wadler direct it would be much easier (at least I hope so)

On 12/13/06, Mats Cronqvist <mats.cronqvist@REDACTED> wrote:
>
> Kirill Zaborski wrote:
> > [...] are there any reasons why static typing is dead?
>
>    essentially because ericsson (who funds the OTP development) has
> reached the
> conclusion that static typing would not improve the reliability of their
> products. some ericsson people might even argue that static typing would
> lower
> the quality of said products.
>
>    mats
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