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Erlang
Erlang 21
The default Erlang version in Fedora 30 is 21. Notable changes in this version include:
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The BEAM interpreter has been completely re-written.
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The compiler is about 10-20% faster.
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Enhanced and improved IO handling.
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All
CORBA
libraries were split off to an independent repository. -
Insecure cryptographic algorithms were disabled.
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Non-smp VM removed.
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New API for logging:
logger
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The
zlib
module has been refactored and all its operations now yield appropriately, allowing them to be used freely in concurrent applications.
See the upstream release notes for more information:
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