I ka makahiki 68 Joe Armstrong (), kekahi o nā mea nāna i hana i ka ʻōlelo hoʻolālā hana , i ʻike pū ʻia no kāna mau hoʻomohala ʻana i ke kahua o nā ʻōnaehana hoʻohele hewa. Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ka ʻōlelo Erlang i ka makahiki 1986 ma ke keʻena hana ʻo Ericsson, me Robert Virding lāua ʻo Mike Williams, a ua hana ʻia he papahana open source ma 1998. Ma muli o kona nānā mua ʻana i ka hana ʻana i nā noi no ka hana like ʻana o nā noi i ka manawa maoli, ua laha ka ʻōlelo ma nā wahi e like me ke kelepona, ʻōnaehana panakō, e-commerce, kelepona kelepona a me ka leka uila.
Source: opennet.ru