Erlang Universal Binary Format? Anyone using it?

Question

I recently stumbled upon this 2002 conference paper (Getting Erlang to talk to the outside world by Joe Armstrong) and I was wondering whether this is a standard that w

Answer 1

UBF never really caught on. Here's what Armstrong had to say in 2008. As you look into Thrift you might also look into Protocol Buffers. You can find an Erlang implementation here.

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