This talk by Saša Jurić (author of Elixir in Action) should answer most of your questions regarding the benefits of the BEAM (Erlang VM). https://youtu.be/JvBT

This talk by Saša Jurić (author of Elixir in Action) should answer most of your questions regarding the benefits of the BEAM (Erlang VM). https://youtu.be/JvBT4XBdoUE https://youtu.be/JvBT4XBdoUE Seriously, if you're even the slightest bit curious you should watch the talk, I'm very confident that you'll find impressive what the BEAM brings to the table.