Comment Comment by davydog187 The BEAM is a preemptive VM. That means that no one long running process can hog resources.The BEAM was built on a principal of responsiveness since it was originally designed for telephonics.Here's an in depth article on preemption in the BEAM that I shared with a friend this morning https://hamidreza-s.github.io/erlang/scheduling/real-time/pr... parent davydog187 8 years ago
The BEAM was built on a principal of responsiveness since it was originally designed for telephonics.
Here's an in depth article on preemption in the BEAM that I shared with a friend this morning https://hamidreza-s.github.io/erlang/scheduling/real-time/pr...