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Joe Armstrong Dead

Joe Armstrong
KindPerson
Born1950
Died2019
StatusDead
Fieldprogramming languages
Sourcejoearms.github.io ↗

Co-created Erlang at Ericsson — let it crash, supervise everything — the model behind telecom-grade uptime and, later, WhatsApp.

Created Erlang

Created Erlang (1986) at Ericsson — 'let it crash' made a language — and wrote 'Programming Erlang' (2007), the book that exported the idea.\n\nHis 'You Build a Distributed System, You Don't' talk distilled decades of reliable-systems thinking; died 2019.

Sources

  1. joearms.github.io/
  2. erlang.org/