Ericsson to Whatsapp : The Story of Erlang - Supplemental

How a programming language from Sweden powered one of the most valuable startup of the 2010s.

The original post in this series prompted lots of discussion both in the comments here (thanks to everyone) and on Hacker News, both with some really interesting feedback.

I want to summarise some of the key points that readers have made but also not to delay this week’s supplementary post, so please find the regular extra links post below with a further post bringing together the feedback to follow!

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