[erlang-questions] Microservices vs. Erlang processes

[Lloyd R. Prentice]

Hello,

We're hearing much about "microservice architecture" in system design circles these days:

http://martinfowler.com/articles/microservices.html

Can anyone explain to me how this design practice differs from the Erlang practice of factoring a system into concurrent processes?

I think I understand that they have different interfaces and that Erlang processes can be easily monitored and supervised but, beyond that...

- Is this a case of another term for a functionally equivalent concept?
- Is an Erlang process typically coarser or finer grained than a typical microservice?
- What "itch" is being scratched by microservice design that can't be scratched by well designed Erlang?

Thanks,

LRP

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