Unsurprising; one of the key benefits of Erlang is its robust pattern matching [0]. When you're dealing with protocols, the ability to match specific cases and

Unsurprising; one of the key benefits of Erlang is its robust pattern matching [0]. When you're dealing with protocols, the ability to match specific cases and automatically assign matching variables without convoluted nested spaghetti logic is a huge benefit. [0] http://learnyousomeerlang.com/syntax-in-functions#pattern-matching http://learnyousomeerlang.com/syntax-in-functions#pattern-ma...