> The BEAM VM was being worked on in 1992 a year after work on Java in 1991. You're right. What I meant by "still earlier than Java" is "still earlier than fir

> The BEAM VM was being worked on in 1992 a year after work on Java in 1991. You're right. What I meant by "still earlier than Java" is "still earlier than first public Java version", so there was no possibility to borrow anything.