This PR introduces BeamAsm, a JIT compiler for the Erlang VM. Implementation BeamAsm provides load-time conversion of Erlang beam instructions into native code on x86-64. This allows the loader to ... (more…)

In addition to the documentation here Erlang is described in several recent books like: (more…)

Working as an Erlang mentor, there are several tiny simple lessons that I’ve delivered over and over again. The one in this article is so common that I already gave it a name: The Robot Butt Rule. (more…)

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NIFs were introduced in Erlang/OTP R13B03 as an experimental feature. The purpose is to allow calling C-code from inside Erlang code. NIF...