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AFAIK, bytecode compiled on one Erlang system runs on any other. Bytecode is stored in .beam files, and -AIUI- .beam files are always forward compatible.

However, I'm not sure if bytecode compiled with an Erlang version >=17.0 will run on earlier versions of Erlang if it makes use of maps. (Maps are a new type that was introduced in Erlang 17.0.) I should really test this.



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