[erlang-questions] erlang flagship product

[Thomas Lindgren]

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> From: Richard Andrews <bbmaj7@REDACTED>
> 
> > That said, I wouldn't mind other solid examples either. There are, of course, 
> > successful projects and companies, but not as easy to reference. If you just 
> > want a well-known, respected product/project to point at, how about ejabberd? 
> 
> Good example.
> It's medium size. Solid. Reasonably well known in software circles.
> 
> IMO to get more people into FP we need to show its applicability to small to 
> medium sized projects (like ejabberd). Most projects start off with modest 
> ambitions.
> 
> More examples?


Well, CouchDB has good buzz and reasonable size. Rusty Klophaus's Nitrogen is really cool, and self-demoing too. I like Mochiweb because it's so easy to tinker with (and Sean Hinde's old iserve-prototype, which I think can be found on TrapExit somewhere). Yaws is pretty easy to get into.

(I'm not sure whether each of these demo the headline features of erlang as such, but it's a way for someone interested to get started with something reasonably familiar.)

Best,
Thomas