Hi Miles, since this question comes up every once in a while, I compiled a list of links that directly or indirectly address the reasons for the choice: http://wiki.couchone.com/page/why-erlang
Cheers Jan -- On 16 Aug 2010, at 19:54, Miles Fidelman wrote: > Hi Folks, > > I wonder if someone might share some insight into why Erlang was chosen for > CouchDB. > > Don't get me wrong, I think Erlang is a really cool language/environment; I'm > a big fan of designs that spawn lots of independent processes, and > communicating via messages. But... it doesn't seem like CouchDB takes > advantage of all that much of Erlang's unique capabilities. > > Hence, I'm sort of wondering why Erlang for CouchDB, and if there are any > visions of taking more advantage of Erlang down the road. > > Thanks, > > Miles Fidelman > > -- > In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. > In<fnord> practice, there is. .... Yogi Berra > >
