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<p>Williams in 1986, but was released as <a href="page.php?w=free_and_open-source_software">free and open-source software</a> in 1998. Erlang/OTP is supported and maintained by the Open Telecom Platform (OTP) product unit at <a href="page.php?w=Ericsson">Ericsson</a>.</p>

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<p>The name Erlang, attributed to Bjarne Däcker, has been presumed by those working on the telephony switches (for whom the language was designed) to be a reference to Danish mathematician and engineer <a href="page.php?w=Agner_Krarup_Erlang">Agner Krarup Erlang</a></p><p>
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