[erlang-questions] comments on erlang course

[Kenneth Lundin]

Hi and thanks for the comments, I will take a look and make some
corrections to the
course. It has been around for about 10 years and these are the first
comments I have
seen.

As an alternative I recommend reading the "Getting Started" document
in the official
Erlang/OTP documentation. You find it on-line here
http://erlang.org/doc/getting_started/part_frame.html

/Kenneth Erlang7OTP team, Ericssona

2008/8/28 Bill McKeeman <Bill.McKeeman@REDACTED>:
> Suggestion for http://www.erlang.org/course/course.html
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> I am a newbie, so I am seeing this tutorial fresh for the last time.
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> Here are my comments, most of which are suggestions for improvement.
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> I am guessing the owner of the html above will see this 'question'.
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> /s/ Bill McKeeman
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> Sequential Programming
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>   Integers   Note
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>     . extended precision (perhaps as an example).
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>   Atoms   Note
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>     . some atoms are reserved.
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>   Variables can start with _.  Should mention "don't care" _.
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>   Complex Data Structures   hyphenation typos (3)
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>   Module System    There is no double/2: misleading example
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>   Function Syntax    Instead of ..., use body1; body2; ...
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>   Function Syntax   Note
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>     .  The last expression in the body is the function value
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>   Examples of Guards  Armstrong recommends =:=
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>   Shell Commands  Use X or Var, not both for f(X).
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>   By the way, if U is a process id, does f(U) create an orphan?
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>  Concurrent Programming
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>   Simple Message Passing
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>     B ! foo.   receive
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>                  foo->
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>                    actions
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>                end.
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>     is a simpler example.  self() does not need to be in both.
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>   Client Server Model    Note
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>     . The client will wait for the reply.
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>   Use of Timeouts   typo iin, typo miliseconds
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> Error Handling
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>   Exit Signals propogate through Links    typo eventuall
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>   Robust Systems can be made by Layering    typo ocuring  typo deper
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> Advanced Topics
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>   Throughout--- use of ` when ' is intended.  Hard to read.
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>   Port Protocols    Typo  he instead of The
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>   Last Call Optimization.    I do not see why the tail recursion
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>     server(Data1) cannot be placed after the end of receive.
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>     There are other errors also.  I recommend
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>
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> -module(foo).
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> -export([server/1]).
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> server(Data) ->
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>  receive
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>    {From, Info} ->
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>       Data1 = process_info(From, Info, Data);
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>    {From, Ref, Query} ->
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>       {Reply, Data1} = process_query(From, Query, Data),
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>       From ! {Ref, Reply}
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>   end,
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>   server(Data1).
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> process_info(_,_,_) -> 1.
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> process_query(_,_,_) -> {2,3}.
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> Process Dictionary    typo diction instead of dictionary
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>   typo referencial instead of referential
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> Obtaining System Information    typo dic tionary
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