> Java is basically a superset of Erlang at this point Both VM are completely different beast. Erlang is one of the few language that does Preemptive scheduli

> Java is basically a superset of Erlang at this point Both VM are completely different beast. Erlang is one of the few language that does Preemptive scheduling. https://jlouisramblings.blogspot.com/2013/01/how-erlang-does-scheduling.html https://jlouisramblings.blogspot.com/2013/01/how-erlang-does... It was built from the ground up to do concurrency in an arguably superior way than Java. Java can't do this. edit: Wow Erlang have a really active community from the notable people that are commenting here.