A History of the Erlang VM (2011) [pdf]

YeGoblynQueenne · on Jan 23, 2018

  88-05-27 Changed name of file to erlang.pro
  First major revision started - main changes
  Complete change from process to channel based 
  communication.
  here we (virtually) throw away all the
  old stuff and make a bloody great data base

  88-05-31 The above statements were incorrect much better
  to go back to the PROPER way of doing things
  long live difference lists

Big change lasted four days :)

meatherly · on Jan 23, 2018

The talk - https://vimeo.com/23509552

whitten · on Jan 24, 2018

Does anyone know any more of the details about why backtracking was rejected?

MisterTea · on Jan 23, 2018

Wow. They started writing it in 1885. What took them so damn long?

dang · on Jan 24, 2018

Could you please not post unsubstantive comments here?

qubex · on Jan 24, 2018

Steam-powered brass analytical engines were very substantial. Or would have been. As it is, they were insubstantial: very virtual indeed.

jandrese · on Jan 23, 2018

That explains why they had to use a virtual machine, real life computing machines had not been invented yet.

tilt_error · on Jan 23, 2018

Tell that to Ada Lovelace

davidw · on Jan 24, 2018

They had some problems with the Delorean.