"Inspired" is also a highly subjective/pretty broad statement to make. You can have the idea for something while thinking about another thing and not be wrong t

"Inspired" is also a highly subjective/pretty broad statement to make. You can have the idea for something while thinking about another thing and not be wrong to say it was inspired by that other thing. I don't see any point saying "you need to justify your assertion that you were inspired by Erlang when working on this project".