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Also known as erlang

programming language

Key facts

Paradigms: Multi-paradigm : concurrent , functional
Designed by: Joe Armstrong Robert Virding Mike Williams
Developer: Ericsson
First appeared: 1986 ; 40 years ago ( 1986 )
Stable release: 29.0.1 / 27 May 2026 ; 7 days ago ( 27 May 2026 )
Typing discipline: Dynamic , strong
License: Apache License 2.0
Filename extensions: .erl, .hrl
Website: www .erlang .org

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Wikidata facts

Official website: www.erlang.org

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Commons category: Erlang (programming language)
software version identifier: 28.5
official blog URL: www.erlang.org/blog
inception: 1986-00-00
source code repository URL: github.com/erlang/otp
file extension: erl

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Erlang (/ˈɜːrlæŋ/ UR-lang) is a general-purpose, concurrent, functional high-level programming language, and a garbage-collected runtime system. The term Erlang is used interchangeably with Erlang/OTP, or Open Telecom Platform (OTP), which consists of the Erlang runtime system, several ready-to-use components (OTP) mainly written in Erlang, and a set of design principles for Erlang programs.

The Erlang runtime system is designed for systems with these traits: