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Why OpenSources describe the name as presumed by telephony-switch engineers to honor Danish mathematician Agner Krarup Erlang, and also as a syllabic abbreviation of Ericsson Language, the company where the language was created; no single authoritative account settles which motivation, if not both, actually drove the choice. 1 What Would ResolveA primary statement from Joe Armstrong, Robert Virding or Mike Williams, or an Ericsson internal record from the 1980s, definitively naming the intended derivation of the name. 1 Discipline Needed Question Status Open Question
Sources describe the name as presumed by telephony-switch engineers to honor Danish mathematician Agner Krarup Erlang, and also as a syllabic abbreviation of Ericsson Language, the company where the language was created; no single authoritative account settles which motivation, if not both, actually drove the choice.
What would resolve this A primary statement from Joe Armstrong, Robert Virding or Mike Williams, or an Ericsson internal record from the 1980s, definitively naming the intended derivation of the name.
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