[erlang-questions] Erlang external binary term format

[Edwin Fine]

deepblue_other wrote:
> 
> term_to_binary() outputs a binary. 
> what is the format of that binary?
> is there a document someplace that gives the byte layout maybe?
> 
This is what you want:  http://erlang.org/doc/apps/erts/erl_ext_dist.html
Erlang external term format documentation 

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