This video was recorded at virtual Code BEAM V America conference, which took place on 10-12th March 2021 - https://codesync.global/conferences/code-beam-v-america-2021/ Concurrency before Erlang | Bjarne Däcker - Former manager of the computer science laboratory at Ericsson ABSTRACT This talk covers: - concurrent languages at Ericsson before Erlang, - imperative concurrent languages Modula, Chill and Ada (the last two large -- - international efforts), - start of the Computer Science Lab at Ericsson and experimentation with language paradigms, and - the prototyping that led up to Erlang. • Follow us on social: Website: https://codesync.global/conferences/code-beam-v-america-2021/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/CodeBEAMio • Looking for a unique learning experience? Attend the next Code Sync conference near you! See what's coming up at: https://codesync.global • SUBSCRIBE TO OUR CHANNEL https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC47eUBNO8KBH_V8AfowOWOw