I find it interesting how the Erlang BEAM engine represents data in memory. Quick look: An Erlang list This is the in-memory layout of the Erlang … (more…)
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This is a short blurb about a specific optimization present in Erlang 20.0 which is scheduled for release in June 2017. The README file… (more…)
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theBeamBook - A description of the Erlang Runtime System ERTS and the virtual Machine BEAM. (more…)
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While trying to improve the performance of JSON encoding in an Erlang
application last year, I came to wonder about the different
representations one can use when writing data to disk or sending it
over a socket, and how they map to the OS's underlying f... (more…)
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