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- From: tobbe@erix.ericsson.se (Torbj|rn T|rnkvist)
- Subject: Re: Practicality of functional and logic languages?
- Nntp-Posting-User: tobbe
- Reply-To: tobbe@erix.ericsson.se (Torbj|rn T|rnkvist)
- Organization: Ellemtel Telecom Systems Labs, Stockholm, Sweden
- Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 14:11:58 GMT
- Approved: compilers@iecc.cambridge.ma.us
- Message-ID: <93-01-074@comp.compilers>
- References: <93-01-059@comp.compilers>
- Keywords: functional, design
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- Mirek Benes <benes@dcse.fee.vutbr.cs> writes:
- > I would like to know some opinions concerning functional and logic
- > programming languages (Haskell, Miranda, ML / Prolog) and their practical
- > usability for programming:
- >
- > [How useful are they for practical work?]
-
- The functional, real-time language: Erlang, developed at the Ellemtel
- Computer Science Lab has been used, among other things, for implementing
- telephony applications. For more information read these two papers that
- were presented at ISS-92 in Yokohama:
-
- 1. 'A Switching Software Architecture Prototype Using
- Real Time Declarative Language', M.Persson,K.Oedling,D.Eriksson
-
- 2. 'Prototyping Cordless Using Declarative Programming',
- A.Danne,John-Olof Bauner
-
- |> * Are there any (comercially?) successful applications ...
-
- Erlang will be used in commercial applications.
-
- |> * How effective these applications are comparing with applications
- |> written in classic procedural languages like Pascal?
-
- It is impossible to give any general figures, it differs to much between
- different applications. The interesting question is: Is it enough for the
- application in question ? . For Telephony, the capacity of Erlang of today
- is enough.
-
- |> I want to start courses of these programming styles at the university,
- |> so any opinions on the subject will clear up my situation.
-
- It should be possible to receive an Erlang- acedemic/research license
- for free (send a mail to erlang@erix.ericsson.se if you are interested).
- --
- /Tobbe (tobbe@erix.ericsson.se)
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