[erlang-questions] Why do I have to recompile erl files

[Luke Bakken]

Hi Donald,

I suspect the different Erlang versions are causing this. Sometimes
beam files are compatible, but I've found re-compilation is almost
always required when moving between major versions.

On Thu, Feb 21, 2019 at 3:46 PM Donald Steven <t6sn7gt@REDACTED> wrote:
>
> My PC says: Erlang/OTP 20 [erts-0.9] [source] [64-bit] ...
> My laptop says: My PC says: Erlang/OTP 18- [erts-7.3] [source] [64-bit] ...
>
> On 2/21/2019 1.53 PM, Luke Bakken wrote:
> > Hi Donald,
> >
> > I'm curious to know what the error is, and if you're using the same
> > version of Erlang in both places.
> >
> > On Thu, Feb 21, 2019 at 4:11 AM Donald Steven <t6sn7gt@REDACTED> wrote:
> >> When I take my work from my desktop to my laptop I have to recompile
> >> some erl modules or I get an error (even though the beam files are
> >> present and where they need to be and they're both modern Intel Windows
> >> machines).  What's going on?
> >>
> >>
> >> Thanks.
> >>
> >>
> >> Don
> >>
> >>
> >> PS: I do use the WIndows Linux subsystem, but both computers are up to
> >> date so I don' think there is any difference there either.
> >>
> >>
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