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		dscpls on May 20, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Linux distros without systemd To be fair, erlang would have been the better choice here. Memory safety, concurrency and solid error handling all in one.

yellowapple on May 21, 2019 [–]

I think I know what my next Erlang project's gonna be. Erlang-as-PID-1, here we come!

EDIT: or maybe as PID 2, per https://github.com/omisego/ewallet/issues/108 , though I'd be interested in the idea of writing an OTP application that can reap zombies and forward signals.

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