wild and crazy idea?

[Ryan Rawson]

Fair enough, but I think my point is that I expect at least 1/2 or
more of the benefits I predict I will get from Erlang come from the
language itself.

Have you looked at gambit scheme?  With the scheme->C compiler, maybe
that is something you are thinking about?

-ryan

On 2/17/06, Vlad Dumitrescu XX (LN/EAB) <vlad.xx.dumitrescu@REDACTED> wrote:
> > 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
>
>