Not sure what you mean by "parallelizes better". However Erjang and Kilim on the JVM have managed to outperform the Erlang VM (thanks to a shared heap they prov

Not sure what you mean by "parallelizes better". However Erjang and Kilim on the JVM have managed to outperform the Erlang VM (thanks to a shared heap they provide zero-copy messaging unlike the Erlang VM) and with InvokeDynamic Erjang should be getting a nice performance boost as soon as they integrate it.