wild and crazy idea?

[Vlad Dumitrescu XX (LN/EAB)]

> Of course, pattern matching is also a major feature in 
> itself, although not specific to Erlang.
> 
> I would also add unique assignment to variables, which 
> prevents a lot of bugs.

Trying to reformulate my previous statement, what I mean is that it is
comparatively much easier to extend most programming languages to allow
new language constructs and semantics like functional behaviour/pattern
matching/single assignment/whatever, than it is to provide the kind of
environment that the ERTS provides for Erlang processes.

/Vlad