Elixir's Impact: Shaping the Evolution of Erlang • Francesco Cesarini & Andrea Leopardi

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Francesco Cesarini - Founder of Erlang Solutions & O'Reilly Author
Andrea Leopardi - Elixir Core Team Member, Developer Advocate & Principal Engineer at Veeps
RESOURCES
Francesco
https://twitter.com/FrancescoC
https://github.com/francescoc
https://linkedin.com/in/francescocesarini

Andrea
https://twitter.com/whatyouhide
https://linkedin.com/in/anleopardi
https://andrealeopardi.com
https://github.com/whatyouhide
https://mas.to/@whatyouhide

DESCRIPTION
Uncover the fascinating journey of Erlang's transformation from a singular language to a diverse ecosystem. Francesco Cesarini, founder of Erlang Solutions, and Andrea Leopardi, a member of the Elixir Core Team, share insights into the emergence of languages on the BEAM, the impact of Elixir on the Erlang ecosystem, and the challenges and opportunities in extending the Erlang VM.
The conversation explores the rich history, diverse languages, and the positive influence Elixir brings back to Erlang's ongoing developments.
RECOMMENDED BOOKS
Andrea Leopardi & Jeffrey Matthias • Testing Elixir
Francesco Cesarini & Steve Vinoski • Designing for Scalability with Erlang/OTP
Francesco Cesarini & Simon Thompson • Erlang Programming
Sophie DeBenedetto & Bruce Tate • Programming Phoenix LiveView
Saša Jurić • Elixir in Action
Joe Armstrong • Programming Erlang
Dave Thomas • Programming Elixir ≥ 1.6: Functional

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Chapter

1. Intro (00:00:00)

2. Expansion of the Erlang ecosystem (00:01:30)

3. Flavors of Erlang (00:04:24)

4. Challenges in Erlang development (00:14:32)

5. Match specifications in Erlang (00:20:13)

6. Elixir's advances in compiler tracing & ML (00:22:38)

7. Future vision & interoperability (00:28:31)

8. Outro (00:30:46)