internals of couchdb?

Hi Folks,

I've been trying to find a good theory-of-operations document, that 
shows how CouchDB makes use of erlang's actor model.  Can't seem to find 
one with googling - figure that someone here might know.

Thanks much,

Miles Fidelman

-- 
In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice.
In practice, there is.  .... Yogi Berra

Theory is when you know everything but nothing works.
Practice is when everything works but no one knows why.
In our lab, theory and practice are combined:
nothing works and no one knows why.  ... unknown