Lisp would also be able to compile code to assembler, run an assembler and load the generated code into the runtime. I would think (without knowing too much ab

Lisp would also be able to compile code to assembler, run an assembler and load the generated code into the runtime. I would think (without knowing too much about Erlang's mechanisms) that the mechanisms of Erlang are quite different from what a Lisp runtime typically does. The Lisp runtime is just one process. Erlang is concerned with multiple processes, which are strongly isolated.