One of the best references on BEAM is here: https://happi.github.io/theBeamBook/ https://happi.github.io/theBeamBook/ You can skim it in order to see the major

One of the best references on BEAM is here: https://happi.github.io/theBeamBook/ https://happi.github.io/theBeamBook/ You can skim it in order to see the major differences with the JVM. For me, the fact that BEAM has out of the box m:n threading [lightweight processes] and that each process has its own heap makes it stand out compared to the JVM.