Erlang & Ruby

I’ve been playing around with Erlang lately, and it’s been quite a departure from the language I’m most comfortable with (and use everyday): Ruby. As part of my exploration, I’m doing a variety of sample problems (from the “Programming Erlang” book, among other places) in both Ruby and Erlang, and comparing the different implementations I come up with. Erlang and Ruby are meant to solve different types of problems, and the apples-to-oranges nature of the comparison should be kept in mind. The goal is to improve both my Erlang and my Ruby.

I’ll be posting on this periodically under the tag erlang_ruby.