It looks like Joe Williams has put together the first St. Louis Erlounge event, scheduled for September 11th.

An “Erlounge” is a group for Erlang enthusiasts. Erlang, of course, is the concurrency-oriented functional language developed by Ericsson that has been enjoying a bit of a surge in interest lately due to some high-profile successes at places like Facebook, Delicious, the ejabberd Jabber server, etc.

So, if you’re interested in learning what Erlang is or if you’re already using Erlang, it should be a fun group to join. Personally, I’m just learning a bit of Erlang for fun on the side and I’m looking forward to talking about it with others.