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### OTP architecture

Support for OTP applications is currently very limited. `gen_server`, `gen_statem` and `supervisor`
are partially supported, but `proc_lib` is not.
Support for OTP applications is currently very limited. `gen_server`, `gen_statem`, `supervisor`,
`proc_lib` and `sys` only implement a subset of what OTP provides.

## Memory usage and speed

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### Resources

AtomVM supports resources but for historical reasons these appear as zero-length binaries as they
used to with OTP21, and not as references as they currently do with recent versions of the BEAM.
This has some consequences on matching.
used to before OTP20, and not as references as they currently do with recent versions of the BEAM.
This has some consequences on matching and serialization.

### BEAM file compatibility

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