Comments on: Poking Around Joe Armstrong’s Simple Web Server http://pokingarounderlang.wordpress.com/2008/12/29/poking-around-joe-armstrongs-simple-web-server/ Sun, 01 Nov 2009 02:34:22 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: pokingarounderlang http://pokingarounderlang.wordpress.com/2008/12/29/poking-around-joe-armstrongs-simple-web-server/#comment-6 pokingarounderlang Mon, 29 Dec 2008 18:16:20 +0000 http://pokingarounderlang.wordpress.com/?p=50#comment-6 Ah, yes. Makes good sense. Thank you, Philip. LRP Ah, yes. Makes good sense.

Thank you, Philip.

LRP

]]> By: Philip Robinson http://pokingarounderlang.wordpress.com/2008/12/29/poking-around-joe-armstrongs-simple-web-server/#comment-5 Philip Robinson Mon, 29 Dec 2008 12:26:11 +0000 http://pokingarounderlang.wordpress.com/?p=50#comment-5 "Why must we pass an atom, rather than an integer, as parameter into serve/1 when we can pass an integer directly into start_on_port/1?" This is probably so the web-server can be started directly via the command-line. See, for example, the "-s" option here: http://www.trapexit.org/Running_Erlang_Code_From_The_Command_Line Cheers, Philip “Why must we pass an atom, rather than an integer, as parameter into serve/1 when we can pass an integer directly into start_on_port/1?”

This is probably so the web-server can be started directly via the command-line. See, for example, the “-s” option here: http://www.trapexit.org/Running_Erlang_Code_From_The_Command_Line

Cheers,
Philip

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