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by rdtsc
3936 days ago
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It is an hour talk and it specifically mentions how Erlang was used and how it gave them a strategic advantage. I have found other mentions about it, perhaps on Erlang mail lists, here is an interview with Eugene Fooksman: https://pdincau.wordpress.com/2013/03/27/an-interview-with-e... """ And the consensus in our team is that it is largely because of Erlang. We’re managing to serve huge amount of connections from single front-end server (this is from last year’s Erlang """ I don't know how much clearer can it get. Here is another directly from their website: https://blog.whatsapp.com/196/1-million-is-so-2011 It is a bit older they clearly indicate that FreeBSD and Erlang are key and critical elements that let them operate they way they do. |
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