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theBeamBook

A description of the Erlang Runtime System ERTS and the virtual Machine BEAM.

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The BEAM Book is a comprehensive reference documenting the internals of the Erlang runtime system (ERTS) and its virtual machine, the BEAM. Written in AsciiDoc by Erik Stenman, the project is maintained as a collaborative, open-source effort with contributions from the community, and is licensed under Creative Commons BY 4.0. The book is available as both a downloadable PDF and an online resource, and can be built locally using standard tools like Asciidoctor, Graphviz, and Ruby, with support for Docker and devcontainer-based builds.

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Erlang
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C
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Makefile
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Ruby
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Dockerfile
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