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Arjun Singh
Arjun Singh

Reputation: 697

Difference between elixir OTP processes and Operating system processes

I am trying to find out, what's the difference between elixir OTP processes and normal operating system process let's say Linux. Can somebody put some light on this? I am still confused even after researching.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 397

Answers (1)

Aleksei Matiushkin
Aleksei Matiushkin

Reputation: 121000

OS processes and OTP processes share the name only. They are completely different things by all means. This is misleading, but this is how it is.

From Elixir’s guide, located at Elixir’s home site (1 click from the home page):

Elixir’s processes should not be confused with operating system processes. Processes in Elixir are extremely lightweight in terms of memory and CPU (unlike threads in many other programming languages). Because of this, it is not uncommon to have tens or even hundreds of thousands of processes running simultaneously.

Refer to the linked page for further info on Elixir processes.

Upvotes: 6

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