Erlang is JIT compiled since 2021. Grandparent is also correct in that it tends to be faster than Python et al. If we have a deeper look at the benchmarks [1][

Erlang is JIT compiled since 2021. Grandparent is also correct in that it tends to be faster than Python et al. If we have a deeper look at the benchmarks [1][2], as long as there is no significant amount of bignum arithmetic (where both call C code) or standard IO involved [3] it's consistently faster than Python, and often by a large margin. [1]: https://benchmarksgame-team.pages.debian.net/benchmarksgame/measurements/python3.html https://benchmarksgame-team.pages.debian.net/benchmarksgame/... [2]: https://benchmarksgame-team.pages.debian.net/benchmarksgame/measurements/erlang.html https://benchmarksgame-team.pages.debian.net/benchmarksgame/... [3]: Standard IO goes through several indirections to make it work with remote REPLs; other forms of IO do not suffer from this.