ElixirConf 2022 - Chris Keele - Match Specs: Fast Functional Filtering with Matcha

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ElixirConf: ElixirConf 2022 - Chris Keele - Match Specs: Fast Functional Filtering with Matcha

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Why does he keep saying the BEAM is C++ ?

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C++ was added recently and only for the JIT(BeamAsm), the rest of the codebase is pure C: The Road to the JIT - Erlang/OTP

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Java came as a surprise here. Why is that?

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That is Jinterface, it offers utility functionality for communication between java and an erlang node.

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lol, I get tounge-tied when presenting sometimes. Referenced C++ at the start of the talk and my mind fixated on it, apparently. Worth clarifying that the BEAM is pure C, nice and simple!

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Why isn’t it written in Rust?

And why did you present your talk in English? Why not Rust?

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This was a great talk, btw. I’m re-watching with the context that you meant C and not C++ as that did stick out to me (even though that is out of my wheelhouse, but I was surprised the first time I watched it that BEAM was in C++).

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If the github is correct, a bigger part of native implementation is in C:
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