[erlang-questions] start/stop applications without a callback module

Richard Carlsson carlsson.richard@REDACTED
Mon Jan 1 22:37:02 CET 2018


2018-01-01 20:58 GMT+01:00 Loïc Hoguin <essen@REDACTED>:

> On 01/01/2018 08:43 PM, Xavier Noria wrote:
>
>> Is there an official or common term to refer to "application without a
>> callback module", and "application with a callback module"?
>>
>
> Library application and application, I don't think the latter has a
> specific name.
>

For our book (Erlang & OTP in Action), we chose to call them "active
applications". Not sure if it's caught on anywhere.

    /Richard
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