Uh, the name "BEAM" is taken for the Erlang VM, more fully known as "Bogdan’s Erlang Abstract Machine." Fully history here: http://blog.erlang.org/beam-compiler

Uh, the name "BEAM" is taken for the Erlang VM, more fully known as "Bogdan’s Erlang Abstract Machine." Fully history here: http://blog.erlang.org/beam-compiler-history/ http://blog.erlang.org/beam-compiler-history/