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Re:My favorite Erlang program (2013) by xvilka on Thursday September 07, 2023 @12:04AM (#37414628)
Is the same trick possible with other BEAM languages? E.g. Elixir?
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Re:My favorite Erlang program (2013) by qohen on Thursday September 07, 2023 @12:23AM (#37414741)
Yes. Here[0] is a gist showing it done in Elixir -- as you'll see, it looks very similar to the Erlang code:

[0] https://gist.github.com/mndvns/80b00cf67d418e8359fb5566b80ae...

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Re:My favorite Erlang program (2013) by hmmokidk on Thursday September 07, 2023 @12:25AM (#37414749)
Yeah. I don’t see why not.
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Re:My favorite Erlang program (2013) by ungamedplayer on Thursday September 07, 2023 @12:51AM (#37414890)
Here is an aggressive worm/virus that exploits this exact mechanism.

https://github.com/wmealing/Elixir-virus

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Re:My favorite Erlang program (2013) by rramadass on Thursday September 07, 2023 @01:57AM (#37415238)
Yes; it is a property of the "Erlang Run Time System"(ERTS)/"VM"(BEAM) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37415159
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