README.md

Well-Behaved Native Implemented Functions for Elixir

ElixirConf 2017 — 5-8 September, 2017 — Bellevue, Washington

YouTube: ElixirConf 2017 - Well Behaved Native Implemented Functions for Elixir - Andrew Bennett

This repository contains the sources used for the “Well-Behaved Native Implemented Functions for Elixir” presentation given at ElixirConf 2017 on Friday, September 8, 2017 in Bellevue, Washington.

There is a post-talk discussion thread available on Elixir Forum: elixirforum.com/t/post-talk-discussion-well-behaved-native-implemented-functions-for-elixir/8472

Feel free to file an issue to this repository if you have any questions related to the talk.

The presentation slides are available at gitpitch.com/potatosalad/elixirconf2017 and as a PDF.

Resources

• Latency of Native Functions for Erlang and Elixir
• Load Testing cowboy 2.0.0-rc.1

NIF Related

• erl_nif documentation
• Steve Vinoski - Optimizing Native Code for Erlang
  • basho/nifwait
  • vinoski/bitwise
• Julian Squires - Erlang Factory SF 2016 - What If Your NIF Goes Adrift
  • tokenrove/niffy
• Sverker Eriksson's enif_select examples
  • sverk_tcp_nif.c
  • ttsl_nif.c

BEAM Related

• The BEAM Book
• Hamidreza Soleimani - Erlang Scheduler Details and Why It Matters
• Lukas Larsson - Understanding the Erlang Scheduler
• Lukas Larsson - Lambda Days - Scheduling in the Erlang VM
• Robert Virding - Hitchhiker's Tour of the BEAM