What Is Erlang?
A computer programming language used in telecommunications, wireless, and internet infrastructures.
Erlang is an open source computer programming language and runtime environment. Open Telecom Platform (OTP) is a large collection of libraries for Erlang to perform in. According to Erlang.org, most projects using Erlang are actually using Erlang/OTP.
How Erlang Is Used
Major telecommunications and internet providers use Erlang in:
VoIP services
Back-end chat features
Advanced call control services
Messaging
Interactive voice response (IVR) systems
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