January 2013
Beginner to intermediate
624 pages
17h 18m
English
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Preface
This book initially started as a website, which is still available at http://learnyousomeerlang.com/ (thanks to No Starch Press’s open-mindedness regarding all things related to publishing and technical material).
Since the first chapters were made public in 2009, Learn You Some Erlang has grown from a three-chapter micro-tutorial with a request for proofreading on the erlang-questions mailing list into one of the official documentation’s suggestions for learning Erlang, a book, and a major accomplishment in my life. I’m baffled and thankful for all it has brought me, from friends to jobs to the title of Erlang User of the Year 2012.
To the Foreigner
When you’re looking at Erlang programmers from afar, as an outsider, they may seem like a ...