Erlang: The Movie
What it is
A short Ericsson film demoing Erlang, showing concurrent processes, debugging tools, and hot code reloading, including crashing parts of a running system while calls continue.
Why Hacker News recommends it
A beloved classic that HN recommends as the quickest way to see why Erlang is special.
- 4 people recommended it
- 4 different months
- 1 strong recommendations
- first 2013, last 2026
What HN commenters said
“Don't think wtf. Just watch.”
Classic Erlang film
lelf, 2013-05 · Strong recommendation · in “Erlang's Open Telecom Platform (OTP) Framework [video]”
“the designers of Erlang demo some of the qualities of the Erlang system in a delightful way”
Designers demo Erlang's qualities in a delightful way
mnd, 2017-01 · Recommendation · in “What's all this fuss about Erlang? (2007)”
“It shows the power of concurrency through independent processes, the default debug tools, and the power of hot code reloading.”
Shows concurrency, debug tools and hot code reloading
randomstudent, 2017-08 · Recommendation · in “Elixir in Depth – Reading and personal notes”
“Obligatory link to Erlang: The Movie (10min)-”
Crashes things at minute 7 while calls keep running
StudentStuff, 2018-09 · Recommendation · in “Ericsson and T-Mobile ink $3.5B deal for 5G”
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Topics: erlang, concurrency, hot code reloading, fault tolerance, ericsson
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