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The Erlang Rationale, by Robert Virding (PDF)
This article was written by @rvirding …over a decade ago! Posting here in case anyone else finds it of interest and adding it to our Erlang portal’s list of pinned threads 
Here’s an update from Robert about why he wrote this article (from EF):
Edit May 2021: Be sure to check out Robert’s interview here too - he talks about the Erlang Rationale and quite a bit more!
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