Welcome to BEAM VM Wisdoms!

See below the wisdoms collected so far. Suggest more ideas in my github repository https://github.com/kvakvs/beam-wisdoms

ELI5 Section (Explain me like i’m five)

• BEAM VM ELI5
  • Registers ELI5
  • Bytecodes and VM Loop ELI5
• Atoms ELI5
• Processes ELI5
  • General overview ELI5
  • Load balancing ELI5
  • Process Registry ELI5
  • Message Queues ELI5
  • Traps
• Process Heaps ELI5
  • Garbage Collection ELI5
• Input/Output and Ports ELI5
• BIF and NIF functions ELI5
  • BIF Functions
  • NIF Functions

TODO

ELI5 IO and ports; ELI5 Ext term format; ELI5 dirty schedulers

Deeper Knowledge Section

• BEAM Definitions
• BEAM Internal data sizes
  • Immediate
  • List
  • Boxed
  • Header
• Data Types Memory Layout
  • Immediate values
  • Lists (Cons)
  • Boxed
  • Headers
• Process Heap Layout
  • How Heap Grows
• Interfacing Erlang with the Outer World
  • Native Libraries
  • Ports and Network

TODO

More details from ELI5 articles; IO and ports; Links and monitors; ETS?; BIFs, traps; Process: Exceptions; Ext term format