Erlang Master Class 1: Video 8 - Discussion

These Master Classes will show you how Erlang can be used in practice to solve larger problems. The examples provide 'capstones' for different aspects of Erlang: functional programming, concurrent programming and larger-scale programming with OTP.

In this first master class we look at language processing in general, and in particular we focus on processing arithmetical expressions in a language like Erlang; of course, this is a model for processing all sorts of other languages: XML, domain-specific languages, test and “make” systems and so on. Once a representation is established, we show how this representation can be interpreted, or compiled and run on a virtual machine. Expressions can also be simplified symbolically, as well as converted to and from a textual form.

This video features Joe Armstrong, Ericsson AB and KTH, Stockholm, and one of the inventors of Erlang; Francesco Cesarini, CTO and founder of Erlang Solutions Ltd; and Simon Thompson, functional programming teacher and researcher at the University of Kent. The three presenters discuss some of the issues raised by the Master Class.

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This video could motivate every one to start learning Erlang. I like the way Joe talks and asks about Erlang.