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erlang-29.0.6v0

real-time, concurrent and distributed functional language

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Description

Erlang is a programming language used to build massively scalable soft real-time systems with requirements on high availability. Some of its uses are in telecoms, banking, e-commerce, computer telephony and instant messaging. Erlang's runtime system has built-in support for concurrency, distribution and fault tolerance. OTP is set of Erlang libraries and design principles providing middle-ware to develop these systems. It includes its own distributed database, applications to interface towards other languages, debugging and release handling tools.

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Ports path
lang/erlang/29
Package architecture
amd64
Maintainer
Volker Schlecht <openbsd-ports@schlecht.dev>
Categories
lang
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