"[S]econd, we couldn't understand how the WAM worked. We read all the papers but the explanations seemed to be written only for people who already understood ho

"[S]econd, we couldn't understand how the WAM worked. We read all the papers but the explanations seemed to be written only for people who already understood how the thing worked." ---Joe Armstrong (from "A History of Erlang") This has been my experience also!