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  <header>
    <title>Questions about this FAQ</title>
    <prepared>Matthias Lang</prepared>
<docno></docno>
<date>2007-09-12</date>
    <rev>1.0</rev>
    <file>faq_questions.xml</file>
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<section><title>Where can I get the latest version of the FAQ?</title>
<p>
	The <url href="http://www.erlang.org/faq/faq.html"> 
	open source Erlang website </url>.
</p>
</section>

<section><title>What's new?</title>

        <section>
	<title>April 2010</title>
	<p>Migrated the FAQ to the new OTP documentation build</p>

        </section>

        <section>
	<title>May 2009</title>
	<p>Updated for R13B-1, fixed broken links</p>

	<p>Updated the sections related to type checking to focus on
	  or mention dialyzer.</p>

	<p>Added to the list of known high-profile commercial and 
	  academic users.</p>

	<p>Updated the conference section to cover the Erlang exchange
	conferences in SF and London.</p>

	<p>Mentioned the #erlang IRC channel.</p>
        </section>

	<section>

	<title>January 2009</title>
	<p>Updated for R12B-5, fixed broken links</p>

	<p>Erlang now has public GIT, Bazaar and 
        CVS <seealso marker="obtaining#repositories">repositories</seealso></p>
        </section>

	<section>

	<title>March 2008</title>
	<p>Updated for R12B-1, fixed broken links</p>
        </section>

	<section>

	<title>November 2007</title>
	<p>Migrated the FAQ source from docbook to OTP's own docbuilder</p>
	<p>Updated for R11B-5, fixed broken links</p>
        <p>New question: <seealso marker="how_do_i#stderr">How do I 
           write to standard error on a unix system?</seealso></p>
        </section>

        <section>
	<title>May 2007</title>
	<p>Updated for R11B-4</p>

	<p>Added a link to the new Joe Armstrong book.</p>

	<p>New question: <seealso marker="obtaining#eeps">How can
           I propose changes to the language itself?</seealso>
        </p>


	<p>New question: <seealso marker="academic#priority-receive">Can 
           a process receive messages with varying priorities?</seealso>
        </p>

	<p>Added CEAN (cean.process-one.net) to the 'obtaining' section.
        </p>

	<p>Removed the "why is the release so big?" question.
                Given the bandwidth available to most people nowadays, the
                question is no longer of general interest.
        </p>
        </section>
	
</section>

<section><title>Where do I ask questions which are not answered in this FAQ?</title>
<p>
	In most cases, the best place is the <em>erlang-questions</em>
	mailing list at <url href="mailto:erlang-questions@erlang.org">
	erlang-questions@erlang.org</url>. Anyone can
	<url href="http://www.erlang.org/mailman/listinfo">subscribe.</url>
</p>
</section>

<section><title>The answer to question 2.4 is wrong!</title>
<p>
	If you've found an editorial error in the FAQ (broken link,
	an addition to a list of links, typo, ambiguity, badly 
	expressed answer, etc.), send some mail to
	<url href="mailto:matthias@corelatus.com">
	matthias@corelatus.com</url> and I'll fix it.
</p>
	<p>

	Problems along the lines of "the advice about
	the importance of type checking is complete drivel" might
	be of general interest on the <em>erlang-questions</em> 
	mailing list at <url 
	href="mailto:erlang-questions@erlang.org?subject=besserwisser">
	erlang-questions@erlang.org</url>.
</p>
</section>

<section><title>Disclaimer/Distribution</title>
<p>
	The information in this document is available free of charge in the
	hope that it will be of use. However, the author specifically 
	disclaims any liability for any direct, indirect, or consequential 
	damages arising out of its use. The author grants permission to
	distribute this FAQ in unmodified form on any medium.
</p>
	<p>

	Opinions in this FAQ do not necessarily agree with Ericsson's
	official opinions. The 
	<url href="http://www.corelatus.com/~matthias">maintainer</url>
	no longer works for Ericsson and this FAQ is not an Ericsson product.
</p>
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