What is the best, most efficient, Client pool technique with Erlang

Question

I\'m a real Erlang newbie (started 1 week ago), and I\'m trying to learn this language by creating a small but efficient chat server. (When I say efficient I mean I have 5 serve

Answer 1

I'm also kind of new to Erlang (a couple of months), so I hope this can put you in the correct path :)

First of all, since you're a "newbie", you should know about these sites:

• Erlang Official Documentation: Most common modules are in the stdlib application, so start from there.
• Alternative Documentation: There's a real time search engine, so it is really good when searching for specific modules.
• Erlang Programming Rules: For you to enter in the mindset of erlang programming.
• Learn You Some Erlang Book: A must read for everyone starting with Erlang. It's really comprehensive and fun to read!
• Trapexit.org: Forum and cookbooks, to search for common problems faced by programmers.

Well, thinking about a non persistent database, I would suggest the sets or gb_sets modules (documentation here).

If you want persistence, you should try dets (see documentation above), but I can't state anything about efficiency, so you should research this topic a bit further.

In the book Learn You Some Erlang there is a chapter on data structures that says that sets are better for read intensive systems, while gb_sets is more appropriate for a balanced usage.