This Erlanger Used The Process Dictionary, Look What He Found

This Erlanger Used The Process Dictionary, Look What He Found Erlang has something called Process Dictionary which is a sort of Key/Value store that belongs to each Erlang process. We can use it to store values in a simple manner inside Erlang programs while avoiding the limitations of Pure Functional Programming. The anti-flames suit is sold separately tho. There are some articles out there describing the good and bad uses of the process dictionary, so if you want to get the big picture, go and read there.