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大名鼎鼎的 Robert Virding 最近发布了一篇名为《The Erlang Rationale》(中文名《Erlang 基本原理》)的文档(进行中)。正如其名，这篇文档着力去描述一些 Erlang (长期缺乏文档的)重要的特征，及其背后的基本原理。需要说明的是，这并不是另外一篇关于 OTP 的文章，而是更多的关注于 Erlang 本身的语言和系统，也就是说——非常基本，而且非常重要。

One major point I hope to show here is that most of the features of Erlang, both the language and the system, are not isolated properties or were developed in isolation. They were designed to all interact with each other. For example: processes, process communication, distribution and error handling are all based on common principles which allow them to interact more or less seamlessly with each other; pattern matching, which is ubiquitous, is always the same irrespective of where it is used and is the only way to bind variables.

这样的文档极有价值，翻译它的价值也同样重大。同学们，动手翻吧！
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