POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.off-topic : The mysteries of Erlang : Re: The mysteries of Erlang Server Time
29 Jul 2024 22:23:40 EDT (-0400)
  Re: The mysteries of Erlang  
From: Darren New
Date: 9 Mar 2011 13:22:52
Message: <4d77c57c$1@news.povray.org>
clipka wrote:
> That uptime claim is probably not based on reliability, but on the 
> ability to hot-swap code at runtime.

It's both.

> As for reliability, with Wings 3D being written in Erlang I'd say 
> apparently you can write unstable code in Erlang, too.

Yes. But Erlang gives you the tools to recover from the instability without 
taking down the whole system.

-- 
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
  "How did he die?"   "He got shot in the hand."
     "That was fatal?"
          "He was holding a live grenade at the time."


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