I understand your argument, I guess what I'm trying to say is that I don't think these arguments are unique to Erlang, you could make these arguments about the

I understand your argument, I guess what I'm trying to say is that I don't think these arguments are unique to Erlang, you could make these arguments about the use of any language to solve almost any problem, outside of kernel programming. I choose tools based on how they fit with how I want to solve problems.