Ok. * [1]#Erlang *is cool. *It's not gamer-cool. *It's
  nerd-cool. *Check out how easy it is to make a working web
  server: 1> application:start(inets). 2> inets:start(httpd,
  [{server_name, "hello"}, {port, 8081}, {server_root, "/tmp"},
  {document_root, "/tmp"}, {modules, [mod_get]}]). Now create a
  directory like C:\TMP [in my case, it was E:\TMP] Put a file in
  it called "hello.txt" In your browser, any browser: http : //
  localhost:8081/hello.txt. and it'll show up. That's it. *I can't
  believe it's that simple.

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  1. https://plus.google.com/s/%23Erlang