# Lisp Flavoured Erlang ...a chat with Robert : - )

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**Category:** LFE Chat\
**Tags:** lfe-chat, split-thread\
**Created:** [September 9, 2021, 11:33am UTC](https://erlangforums.com/t/lisp-flavoured-erlang-a-chat-with-robert/414 "2021-09-09T11:33:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![AstonJ](https://erlangforums.com/user_avatar/erlangforums.com/astonj/32/9_2.png) [@AstonJ](https://erlangforums.com/u/AstonJ)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2021, 4:39am UTC](https://erlangforums.com/t/lisp-flavoured-erlang-a-chat-with-robert/414/20 "2021-11-04T04:39:18Z")

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> [@sophiedebenedetto](#):
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> Oh hello! Thanks for pinging me in here @AstonJ 😄 and hello @oubiwann.
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> I’d be happy to explore some of the book ideas you’ve been kicking around to see if they might be a good fit for PragProg and to answer any questions you might have on our pitching and publishing process. Feel free to message me through this platform if you’d like to chat 📚

Ooo exciting stuff Sophie! Thanks for dropping by and saying hello - I hope something comes of this and I will keep everything crossed it does!

You may also want to keep an eye on this thread: [What kind of Erlang books or learning material would you like to see?](https://erlangforums.com/t/what-kind-of-erlang-books-or-learning-material-would-you-like-to-see/364) (I reckon a book from @bjorng, @garazdawi, @kennethL and the rest of the Erlang core team would go down really well too! In fact in a conversation I had with Kenneth he said one of the core team’s aims was to help show people how to write good reliable software - and I think people would love to see a book from them on that topic! As you know, reliable software is Erlang’s bread and butter and it’s something the core team have intimate details of. I know I wouldn’t be the only person interested in a book (or two!) from them :003:)

> [@oubiwann](#):
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> Yeah, that was a fun year for Erlang Factory … Robert and I chatted about LFE in a common room at the hotel (with a fireplace, iirc!), he gave his talk “Hitchhiker’s Tour of the BEAM”, José was very excited about sharing Elixir with everyone, and Rackspace was sponsoring several events for Joe and the Gang (there was this amazing moment, emblazoned upon my memory, where we were all walking across town in San Francisco, down to the Rackspace offices, with Joe leading ~80 Erlangers like the Pied Piper – not to say that we were a bunch of rats, or anything …). It was a really fun year for Erlang, and a hint of things to come: I think the next Erlang Factory saw the talk from WhatsApp and its acquisition for so many billions of dollars (but big $$$ always makes some people nuts, so 2013 was still probably more fun for people like me 😄).
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> P.S.: I looked it up, and there was indeed a fireplace 😆 : [Visual Gallery Hotel - Marines Memorial Association Marines Memorial Association](https://marinesmemorial.org/visual-gallery-hotel/)

Sounds like a perfect day Duncan! And a real fire would have been the icing on the cake for me! :lol:

I wonder if @rvirding remembers the day too? And whether it was equally memorable for him (was that the first time you and him met btw?)

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