There has been nice study by Motorola exactly on this topic C++ vs. Erlang implementing telecom software. Study slides are online at http://www.slideshare.net/A

There has been nice study by Motorola exactly on this topic C++ vs. Erlang implementing telecom software. Study slides are online at http://www.slideshare.net/Arbow/comparing-cpp-and-erlang-for-motorola-telecoms-software http://www.slideshare.net/Arbow/comparing-cpp-and-erlang-for... Interesting result from this study - erlang implementation is not only more robust but also faster.