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Re:Why and How We Retired Elm at Culture Amp by jszymborski on Saturday April 08, 2023 @04:56PM (#35497548)
"You wouldn't perchance know what the 'Er' in 'Erlang' is short for, would you?"
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Re:Why and How We Retired Elm at Culture Amp by arthurcolle on Saturday April 08, 2023 @06:09PM (#35498148)
Oooooh!! I know this one! Ericsson!

Do I get a prize?

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Re:Why and How We Retired Elm at Culture Amp by Yoric on Sunday April 09, 2023 @01:55PM (#35504928)
I personally don't mind academic.

However, part of my response was that Ericsson had been using it industrially since the 90s, and that in fact Erlang was actually less academic than Python or Go. The recruiter handwaved this as "well, it's an academic language".

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