Scheme/Erlang interoperability - the sequel

James Long announced today on the Gambit-C mailing list the availability of an Erlang/Gambit interface, based on an idea I had a few months ago.

The motivation behind this interface is to provide the ability to implement Erlang nodes directly in Gambit-C (James thinks that Termite is a little too immature to base any production code on, a view that I share). This way, you have the best of both worlds:

• Code in Scheme (for those who prefer its syntax over everything else, like me)
  
• Use the production-quality Erlang platform and OTP for the deployment of robust, scalable and fault-tolerant distributed applications,
  
• Access the Mnesia database from Scheme (this would need a more complex proxy node in Erlang, but this is certainly doable).

Once I have a few minutes of spare time, I will certainly try to add a few functionalities to the MSLUG web site (which is written in Erlang) using this interface. This will provide a great proof of concept and a great migration path from Erlang to Termite.