:	first name: Helmut
	 :	family name: Enck-Radana

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Hi Helmut, nice to see another Erlang hacker around. What're you doing with it? -- LukeGorrie

I'm using Mnesia (MnesiaDatabase) and XMerl to write a content management system for technical documentation. I started to do XML processing with Refal (RefalLanguage). XML processing in functional languages with pattern matching is much more natural than manipulating a DOM in the traditional OO way. When I needed a database, I searched for a language which is as similar as possible to Refal, but for which a well-integrated database binding is available. Of all languages I came to know of, Erlang was the one which met these criteria best. Only the pattern matching capabilities of Refal go far beyond those of Erlang. -- her

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''I'd be grateful, if anyone could correct any contributions I have made and put some comments what was wrong with the original version onto this page.''

Thanks for the invitation.  -- JasperPaulsen

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Incorrect:
	 :	I'd be grateful, if anyone could correct any contributions I made and put some comments what was wrong with the original version onto this page.
Correct:
	 :	I'd be grateful, if anyone could correct any contributions I have made and put some comments what was wrong with the original version onto this page.

Explanation:
	 :	Most of this sentence is in a possible future tense.  (English teachers have a phrase that means "possible future tense".)
		* "I would be grateful"
		* "if anyone could correct"
		* "if anyone could put"

	 :	English authors try to make each paragraph have a single tense.  (They don't always succeed.)

	 :	In the 'incorrect' version of the sentence, you have a past tense clause that is acting as an adjective:  "I made" describes "contributions".  This tense can be changed to better match the rest of the sentence.  The 'correct' version of the sentence has "I have made" instead of "I made". 

	 :	Some people prefer not to make this change.

	 :	Modern English authors try to use shorter sentences.  Shorter sentences have fewer verbs, so it is easier to make all of the verbs in each sentence have the same tense.

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Also, most English style-guides say that if a quotation is at the end of a sentence, the period should go inside of the quotation, "whether it is logical or not."

I prefer to put the period "where it is logical".  -- JasperPaulsen

''Thanks a lot for your explanations! -- her''

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I also prefer to put the period "where is is logical".

And to add my two cents to the corrections:

	 :	I'd be grateful, if anyone could correct any contributions I have made and put some comments '''about''' what was wrong with the original version onto this page.

You're going to wish you never started this Helmut :-) 
-- AndrewMcKinlay

''May be, but until now I am really thankful for your help. -- her''

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