The Erlang syntax isn't that bad. Don't be intimidated by it. You mention the line ending punctuation as a specific cause of concern which is difficult to lea

The Erlang syntax isn't that bad. Don't be intimidated by it. You mention the line ending punctuation as a specific cause of concern which is difficult to learn. Let me try to help: To start, a comma goes at the end of a normal line of code. Most lines end in a comma. There are exceptions though, but easy to manage ones. A semicolon will go at the end of a case statement or an if statement. But no punctuation goes at the end of the last case or if statement in a block. The same logic holds for ending a function. A function is ended with a period, unless there is another function with the same signature. In this case, you end with a semicolon. I answered a similar question on SO a while back: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1110601/in-erlang-when-do-i-use-or-or/1110623#1110623 http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1110601/in-erlang-when-do... That was my answer back in '09 as I was learning Erlang. I absolutely love the language and agree that there is a learning curve, but the syntax learning curve is pretty small.