> That's incorrect, most scheduling systems, including OS threads are preemptive. Erlang's scheduler itself is actually cooperative From what I know Erlang's s

> That's incorrect, most scheduling systems, including OS threads are preemptive. Erlang's scheduler itself is actually cooperative From what I know Erlang's scheduler preempts processes it executes. Can you explain what you mean by it being "cooperative". It precisely useful because it is not cooperative. And processes don't have to "yield to" the scheduler.