[erlang-questions] 2D Map Arrays

[Richard Carlsson]

Nick Linker wrote:
> Could you say have you seen an implementation of arrays using Erlang 
> ports? If yes, how they fast?

That would probably only be useful for storing integers and atoms,
otherwise you would have the same copy-in/out problem as ets tables.
And, of course, there would be some overhead for message passing.
It doesn't feel like a worthwhile exercise to implement it.

	/Richard