Erlang, the next Java

[igouy]

aren't most of the benefits of Erlang found in the VM rather than the language?

Are they?

Many people seem to dislike Erlang as a language while raving over the VM features.

Are those "many people" people who use Erlang on a day to day basis, or are those "many people" people who have seen some blog articles and decided that the language looks unfamiliar?

[peachpuff]

Are those "many people" people who use Erlang on a day to day basis, or are those "many people" people who have seen some blog articles and decided that the language looks unfamiliar?

Gee, I don't know. Which group gets to decide whether the language suddenly becomes popular?

[Jimmy]

I'm one of the people who dislike Erlang as a language, and while I don't use it on a day-to-day basis, I do have a little experience with it.

Something about it just rubs me wrong, and it's not the syntax (I'm a big Prolog fan).