Erlang/OTP 18.0 has been released

thibaut_barrere wrote: post #3

stevedomin wrote: post #2

This is great news for Elixir as well!

My thoughts exactly. I've never been so excited about seeing a new Erlang release :-)

Anything noteworthy ? :-)

Re: Erlang/OTP 18.0 has been released

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Post by tachion » Wed, Jun 24, 2015, 1:15 PM UTC

spand wrote: post #5

thibaut_barrere wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My thoughts exactly. I've never been so excited about seeing a new Erlang release :-)

Anything noteworthy ? :-)

How come you havent noticed?! The number! 18! Come on, Ruby is on 2, Python struggles to get to 3 and Java tries to catch poorely with 8...

Re: Erlang/OTP 18.0 has been released

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Post by thibaut_barrere » Wed, Jun 24, 2015, 1:17 PM UTC

spand wrote: post #5

thibaut_barrere wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My thoughts exactly. I've never been so excited about seeing a new Erlang release :-)

Anything noteworthy ? :-)

That's not what I meant! It's that I've witnessed Erlang releases for quite a long time (as everyone), but the coming of Elixir (and me starting using it) made me care about them.

Re: Erlang/OTP 18.0 has been released

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Post by sarciszewski » Wed, Jun 24, 2015, 1:17 PM UTC

Obligatory: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRbY3TMUcgQ

Re: Erlang/OTP 18.0 has been released

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Post by brucify_ » Wed, Jun 24, 2015, 1:21 PM UTC

For the first time Erlang 18 shipped under Apache License 2.0, it will likely have a meaning for Erlang's future development. The Industrial Erlang User Group has spent quite some effort on that.

Re: Erlang/OTP 18.0 has been released

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Post by rubiquity » Wed, Jun 24, 2015, 1:21 PM UTC

spand wrote: post #5

thibaut_barrere wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My thoughts exactly. I've never been so excited about seeing a new Erlang release :-)

Anything noteworthy ? :-)

Two really nice enhancements are efficient large maps and being able to use variables as keys in maps.

Also switching to the Apache license will make adoption of Erlang/Elixir more possible for certain organizations.

Elixir also gets to reap any performance improvements at runtime and compilation.