Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2012 13:38:03 +0100
Subject: 14 December, 11:00, L016: Arjan Scherpenisse - Erlang: Software for a
 Concurrent World
From: Vadim Zaytsev
To: PEM
Cc: Arjan Scherpenisse

Dear environmentalists,

The second to last PEM Colloquium presentation of this year will be
given this Friday by Arjan Scherpenisse, an Erlang expert. Arjan
Scherpenisse has a Master’s degree in Artificial Intelligence from the
UvA, graduating at the CWI on database research. He now works as a
freelance software developer, where Erlang has become his primary
programming language. He is also core developer on Zotonic, Erlang’s
web application framework. You are all cordially invited. Haskell and
Prolog experts are especially welcome ;)

Please note that the colloquium will take place in L016, because L017
will be occupied by another whole day event.

 Date: 14 December 2012
 Time: 11:00-12:00
 Room: CWI, L016 (!)
 Speaker: Arjan Scherpenisse
 Title: Erlang: Software for a Concurrent World
 Abstract: see below

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           Erlang: Software for a Concurrent World

Erlang is a (mostly) functional programming language and runtime
system. Originally developed for telephone switches, Erlang
applications are known for their fault-tolerance and are highly
concurrent by nature. This talk introduces the Erlang language and its
accompanying OTP application framework, highlighting the differences
with other functional langauges. The language's actor-based
concurrency model is also covered, as well as VM-tuning aspects.

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Yours,
     Vadim.