# Erlang

* [Making reliable distributed systems in the presence of software errors](http://erlang.org/download/armstrong_thesis_2003.pdf)
PhD thesis of Joe Armstrong, Erlang’s co-inventor, describing the origins of Erlang.

* [A History of Erlang](http://webcem01.cem.itesm.mx:8005/erlang/cd/downloads/hopl_erlang.pdf) by Joe Armstrong