This is just a short post to point potential Erlang-ers to the Erlang –White Paper.

It acts as a really concise overview of the language, its purposes and illustrates how to use it. I’m thinking that it will act as a quick reference while learning as it covers most of the basics principals (on first glance it may be enough to get most programs underway).

A roundup of my first week of Erlang is on its way soon, this taster shows how to create a list containing a range of numbers (there is a built in equivalent and it isn’t particularly impressive – but it’s neat and pleases me).

range(To,To,List) -> List ++ [To];
range(From,To,List) -> range(From + 1, To, List ++ [From]).