Is it Erlang’s semantics that really rub people the wrong way? ... after seeing O’Caml, Haskell, and Clojure before, Erlang feels a bit easier to get

Is it Erlang’s semantics that really rub people the wrong way? ... after seeing O’Caml, Haskell, and Clojure before, Erlang feels a bit easier to get the hang of. Erlang’s semantics indeed throw people off, especially those who know a C-style language. I write in Haskell, I knew OCaml, Racket is a friend of mine. Erlang is no Clojure. The problem with Erlang is not one of semantics, it's one of syntax. I find the syntax of Erlang jarringly bad. Try this for a longer rant: http://damienkatz.net/2008/03/what_sucks_abou.html http://damienkatz.net/2008/03/what_sucks_abou.html