There are two things that might be meant when someone references “Erlang”: the language, and the environment (the EVM/BEAM and OTP). The first one, the language part, is actually super simple and quick to learn. The much larger, deeper part is learning what the BEAM does and how OTP makes your programs better. It is […]
Tag: concurrency
Almost Always Stupid: Parallel Quicksort
So you’ve been thinking about applying your awesome parallel programming skills to some problem that is just complex enough to impress the noobs, but just trivial enough to code in a few lines? Cool. Knock yourself out. But stop trying to parallelize quicksort. Posting articles, tutorials, SO questions, and blog posts with the term “parallel […]