This guy claims that Amazon’s new SimpleDB web service uses the Erlang language. Erlang is a concurrent/functional programming language designed for reliable, distributed systems. I haven’t figured out what Erlang means by “reliable” yet.
Handwaving
“glossing over detail for the sake of time or clarity”
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