2014值得期待的Erlang两本新书

在2014年的开头就有这样一个令人振奋的好消息,Erlang有一本新书即将出版《The Erlang Runtime System》,其作者happi在2013年3月份发布了这本书的写作计划:"The plan is to have the book done by the end of 2013 and published early 2014. ",出版方是O’Reilly,依照O’Reilly近一两年的管理,都会有电子版(PDF epub)的版本号,所以我们还是有机会在较早的时机看到这本书.

I have been programming for fun since 1980, and for profit since 1989 when I started my first company. I have been working on native code compilation of Erlang, with the implementation of Scala, on virtual machines, and with internet scale online payment solutions. Currently I am writing a book on the Erlang Runtime System (ERTS).

这本书的作者真的是前辈,他老人家写代码的时候我还没有出生, 并且依照他的功力,这本书应该会很有料,看下文件夹:

Introduction
The Compiler
Processes and the PCB
The Erlang Virtual Machine: BEAM
Modules and The BEAM File Format
Scheduling
The Erlang Type System and Tags
The Memory Subsystem: Stacks, Heaps and Garbage Collection
Advanced data structures (ETS, DETS, Mnesia)
Different Types of Calls, Linking and Hot Code Loading
BEAM Instructions (25p)
Platform Independence
IO, Ports and Networking
BIFs NIFs and Linked in Drivers
Native code/li>
Building ERTS
The Shell
Operation and maintenance
Crash dumps
The Debugger
Tracing and Profiling
Tweaking and optimizing

应该说,这本书出版又填补了Erlang图书的一个空白,过去的一两年中,专门讲Erlang语言,OTP实践,Web开发的书都出了,甚至还有些面向刚開始学习的人的练习书也出版了;而只有讲Erlang 底层机制实现的书没有出现,这些资料散见于各种论文,博客,没有一本书系统的梳理这方面的知识;之前淘宝褚霸好像有意向出一本Erlang系统优化的书,只是考虑到性能測试依赖的硬件条件和软件的更新,信息时效性是一个巨大的挑战,这个计划就放弃了,如今霸爷在翻译LYSE.

另外一本书,依旧是出自O’Reilly手笔:《Designing for Scalability with Erlang/OTP Implementing Robust, Fault-Tolerant Systems》

Implementing Robust, Fault-Tolerant Systems