[erlang-questions] Erlang: Who uses it for games?

[James Hague]

>To use erlang on consoles, you'll
>need a beam to native compiler for sure as some consoles do not allow
>interpreted code to execute (ie: PS3, applies to mobile devices as well
such
>as the iPhone/iPad).

Not true about the PS3. Using Lua as a scripting language is common. (It's
also used in iPhone games.)

A bigger problem is that BEAM relies on gcc extensions for speed, so you
have to take the hit if you're using platform where a specific C compiler is
mandated.