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Besides recommending "Programming Erlang" which is a well written book, this article offers nothing new.

Agreed.

And I like Erlang, but I'm a bit tired of that graph. It's very impressive, but I've seen so many articles parading it around as Exhibit A for why Erlang is great. Now they usually make other points with other evidence, but I think a lot of people stop at the graph and come out with a very shallow understanding (and are let down when Erlang doesn't turn out to be a panacea).

Also, it should be noted that the article is more than 2 years old.

FWIW, the new O'Reilly "Erlang Programming" book also seems pretty good (the several chapters I've read, at least). I'm not sure which I would recommend first, though.

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