Erlang syntax might look weird at first, if coming from Ruby/Python, but I think you're giving up too early. Yes, Erlang looks different, but after an hour of

Erlang syntax might look weird at first, if coming from Ruby/Python, but I think you're giving up too early. Yes, Erlang looks different, but after an hour of playing with it you come to realize one important thing: the syntax is weird but there is an incredibly small amount. Relative to languages like Python and Java, Erlang has a small syntactic footprint. Relative to C++ you need a logarithmic graph.