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Erlang wasn't purpose built for multi-core though. It just so happens that everything desired for ultra reliability and continuity ended up working well for mu

Erlang wasn't purpose built for multi-core though. It just so happens that everything desired for ultra reliability and continuity ended up working well for multi-core applications. The share-nothing architecture is not "for multi-core" it is for stability and reliability. The multi-core fit is a great bonus that happens to now be very important. Ditto for functional programming's immutability.

6ren 15y ago
True; I was commenting on what makes it good for multi-core. Share-nothing helps; immutability doesn't (because they don't share data, unless on the same core). Unless there's some other benefit to immutability for multi-core...?