I think Haskell is the right language to nail down the semantics of Erlang
and to prototype an implementation.
For performance, I think Haskell is probably not the right language, because
you need high performing low level code.
This isn't impossible in Haskell, but the implementations are not geared
towards that.
On 8/16/07, Joel Reymont
On Aug 16, 2007, at 1:36 PM, Neil Bartlett wrote:
However, wouldn't it be rather difficult, given that there doesn't seem to be a publicly available specification for the Erlang VM or the BEAM file format
Very difficult, correct. I use Erlang daily, in fact Erlang is what brings bread to my table. I want to learn more about the Erlang insides so I'll simply dig in.
Perhaps it would be interesting to look at a slightly more constrained problem: can Erlang's message passing model (including distributed messaging across a network) and process monitoring facilities be replicated in Haskell?
My ultimate goal is to have a version of the Erlang VM that's suitable for running trading systems, i.e. one that allows high-speed numerics. I don't have much interest in replicating OTP in Haskell and Haskell may ultimately not be the right choice for what I envision.
Thanks, Joel
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