You get the whole Erlang VM and toolchain. So, improved scalability, faster runtimes, compiled code... This discussion fleshes out some of the benefits: http

You get the whole Erlang VM and toolchain. So, improved scalability, faster runtimes, compiled code... This discussion fleshes out some of the benefits: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9427371 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9427371