November 2010
Intermediate to advanced
432 pages
15h 8m
English
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In the previous chapter, we talked about interfacing between Erlang and foreign code via Erlang’s ports. That’s a useful and general approach, but it isn’t the most convenient route to take for every form of interaction. In this chapter, we talk about a different kind of interface, where the foreign code masquerades as an Erlang node and communicates over the Erlang distribution protocol (see chapter 8). Fortunately, the Erlang language implementers have already done a lot of the heavy lifting, providing ...
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