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by zak_mc_kracken 4066 days ago
FYI, this is Joe Armstrong (the creator of Erlang)'s rant on OO.

It's a pretty shallow article with hardly any substance that was written more in reaction to the fact that nobody is (was) paying attention to Erlang than an informed criticism of OOP.

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How unfortunate then that this is the first negative feeling I have in relation to Erlang. I've actually had limited but good experience with ejabberd, and everything else I've encountered was positive.
You can't be sure it is him, it could be someone else from the company he'd worked at. The page is just a mirror of their old company's website.

And it was a long time ago, I've submitted this page purely on historical reasons. Don't treat it this way.

And yeah, give Erlang a try. It is the best thing since sliced bread.

It's not his original page because he took it down (probably because he realizes this article makes him look incompetent).