See Amdahl's law http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amdahl%27s_law http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amdahl%27s_law Even a tiny amount of work spent sequentially (eg a sc

See Amdahl's law http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amdahl%27s_law http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amdahl%27s_law Even a tiny amount of work spent sequentially (eg a scheduler or gc) can determine performance as the core count ramps up. Erlang is essentially ahead of almost everyone on minimalising the sequential portion.