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<chapter>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>2000</year><year>2013</year>
+ <year>2000</year><year>2015</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
@@ -28,18 +28,34 @@
<rev></rev>
<file>introduction.xml</file>
</header>
+ <marker id="interoperability tutorial"></marker>
+ <p>This section informs on interoperability, that is, information
+ exchange, between Erlang and other programming languages. The
+ included examples mainly treat interoperability between Erlang and
+ C.</p>
<section>
<title>Purpose</title>
- <p>The purpose of this tutorial is to give the reader an orientation of the different interoperability mechanisms that can be used when integrating a program written in Erlang with a program written in another programming language, from the Erlang programmer's point of view.</p>
+ <p>The purpose of this tutorial is to describe different
+ interoperability mechanisms that can be used when integrating a
+ program written in Erlang with a program written in another
+ programming language, from the Erlang programmer's
+ perspective.</p>
</section>
<section>
<title>Prerequisites</title>
- <p>It is assumed that the reader is a skilled Erlang programmer, familiar with concepts such as Erlang data types, processes, messages and error handling.</p>
- <p>To illustrate the interoperability principles C programs running in a UNIX environment have been used. It is assumed that the reader has enough knowledge to be able to apply these principles to the relevant programming languages and platforms.</p>
+ <p>It is assumed that you are a skilled Erlang programmer,
+ familiar with concepts such as Erlang data types, processes,
+ messages, and error handling.</p>
+ <p>To illustrate the interoperability principles, C programs
+ running in a UNIX environment have been used. It is assumed that
+ you have enough knowledge to apply these principles to the
+ relevant programming languages and platforms.</p>
<note>
- <p>For the sake of readability, the example code has been kept as simple as possible. It does not include functionality such as error handling, which might be vital in a real-life system.</p>
+ <p>For readability, the example code is kept as simple as
+ possible. For example, it does not include error handling,
+ which might be vital in a real-life system.</p>
</note>
</section>
</chapter>