[erlang-questions] suitability of erlang

[Rustom Mody]

Hello

We are considering Erlang for a project involving significant
data-processing under severe time-crunch

I am trying to understand the sentence (from
http://www.erlang.org/faq/introduction.html#id49576 )
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The most common class of 'less suitable' problems is characterised by
performance being a prime requirement *and* constant-factors having a large
effect on performance.
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How do I understand the '... and constant-factors...'

Thanks

Rusi
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