Learn You Some Erlang for Great Good!: A Beginner's Guide by Fred Hebert

Learn You Some Erlang for Great Good! is a hilariously illustrated guide to the concurrent functional programming language you've heard so much about. You'll start out with the basics and learn all about the shell, tuples, list comprehensions, and bit syntax. Once you've got the easy stuff down, you'll work your way through tougher concepts like clients and servers, message passing, open telecom platform applications, and all of those other catchy Erlang phrases you'd love to brag to your friends about. As you laugh along with Hebert's brilliantly quirky drawings, you'll effortlessly pick up this complex language and have fun while you're at it.