tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22587889.post7142970257345074317..comments2024-02-11T13:21:47.930+05:30Comments on Ruminations of a Programmer: Defensive Programming - What is that ?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01613713587074301135noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22587889.post-79527018781922439332007-10-12T18:11:00.000+05:302007-10-12T18:11:00.000+05:30@Anonymous: Very true, Bertrand Meyer also has emp...<I>@Anonymous:</I> Very true, Bertrand Meyer also has emphasized on "let-it-crash" philosophy, but it is strictly during development. Erlang is possibly the only language which espouses this philosophy in production systems. And this is purely because of the way they have designed the Process structure. It is extremely simple to make processing distributed in Erlang. Refer to the Programming in Erlang book by Joe Armstrong.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01613713587074301135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22587889.post-86175096608639732142007-10-12T13:37:00.000+05:302007-10-12T13:37:00.000+05:30More correctly would be to refer to "design by con...More correctly would be to refer to "design by contract" and Eiffel on this philosophy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22587889.post-26817476377040784732007-10-12T10:13:00.000+05:302007-10-12T10:13:00.000+05:30@Dilip: Erlang has been the backbone of Ericsson s...<I>@Dilip:</I> Erlang has been the backbone of Ericsson suite of products for a very long time. Erlang/OTP is what powers the Ericsson AXD301 ATM switch, which reportedly has an uptime of 99.9999999 % (9 9's). Google on Erlang telecom and u will get lots of results in support of the claim made in the post.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01613713587074301135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22587889.post-69232963519378575912007-10-11T22:41:00.000+05:302007-10-11T22:41:00.000+05:30"amazing track record of Erlang in designing fault..."amazing track record of Erlang in designing fault tolerant distributed systems"<BR/><BR/>Can you back up here a little bit and provide me a few links on where I can see such amazing track record for myself?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com