Node: - can "easily" send beam terms back and forth - if you want it to be os-supervised separately (systemd, kubernetes, e.g.) - pain in the ass Port: - e

Node: - can "easily" send beam terms back and forth - if you want it to be os-supervised separately (systemd, kubernetes, e.g.) - pain in the ass Port: - easy - usually the only choice if you're not the software author - really only communicates via stdio bytestreams - risk of zombies if... Iirc the stdout is not closed properly? - kind of crazy how it works, Erlang VM spawns a separate process as a middleman