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Modelling graphs with processes in Erlang

One of the advantages of Erlang's concurrency model is that creating and running new processes is much cheaper. This opens up opportunities to write algorithms in new ways. In this article, I'll show you how you can implement a graph searching algorithm by modeling the domain using process interaction. Read more »

Working with dictionaries in Erlang

In Erlang, dictionaries (sometimes called hashes or maps in other languages) are not fundamental parts of the language (unlike lists, strings or tuples). You can include them in your Erlang modules by using the dict library. We'll show you how. Read more »

Interview: The importance of being Erlang

He's one of the few developers in Australia with experience working in Erlang, the functional programming language which is gaining fans for its handling of parallel processing and creating distributed systems. We sat down with Andre Pang to see what all the fuss was about. Read more »

Synchronous message passing in Erlang

Erlang uses asynchronous message passing to enable communication between processes. For all of its advantages, asynchronous message passing can give you no assurances that the messages it sends are received. If your program needs those kind of guarantees, then you should go for a synchronous messaging approach. Read more »

Different ways of structuring functions in Erlang

Writing syntax in Erlang can be a bit of an ordeal if you're not familiar with functional languages. We'll show you a few simple ways you can write functions that require branching. Read more »

A Quickstart to Erlang

If any language could be said to be ideally placed to deal with the challenges of the next 10 years it's Erlang. Designed from the ground up to take advantage of parallel and multi-core architectures, and natively supporting distributed systems coding, Erlang is a valuable addition to your programming skill set. Read more »

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Conference time goes Hollywood

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- Conference season hit a high this week with three major conferences underway. Read more »

It's not insomnia

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- This week we tackle sleeping problems, advertising on YouTube and high-definition Flash videos. Facebook makes an appearance on the security and waste of time front as well. Read more »

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