Concurrent Programming in Erlang (2nd Edition)

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Summary: good book with real-life examples
Review: In general, this book was well worth the money paid. It's reasonably comprehensive and written for people who actually plan on writing Erlang programs. Furthermore, it even uses understandable real-life examples.

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Summary: Could use more rigor, but recommended
Review: This book explains the Erlang language and distributed programming system, which is now an open source system. It has the benefit of simplicity plus expressiveness. A good antidote to the current Java rage. The book is informal, which makes it a good tutorial, but I wish it also had a more formal supplement.