Re:Comparing Elixir and Go
by rdtsc on Friday January 27, 2017 @11:52AM
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It's doable. Erlang is used to talk to the hardware and C code. Can build a C functions (NIF), an driver (for IO for example), spawn a process, or implement the logic of Erlang distribution protocol (what is used to talk between VMs) in C.
With 20.0 coming up it will be even easier. A nifty feature called "dirty schedulers" will become stable and so building long-running calculation in C will be much easier. Previously had to take care not to block the running scheduler thread.
All-in-all Erlang is really good at connecting to and managing things, C and hardware being one of those things.
With 20.0 coming up it will be even easier. A nifty feature called "dirty schedulers" will become stable and so building long-running calculation in C will be much easier. Previously had to take care not to block the running scheduler thread.
All-in-all Erlang is really good at connecting to and managing things, C and hardware being one of those things.