While I do like me some Erlang, anybody would admit it has some rough spots. The big two that come to mind are awkward syntax and the inability to number crunch

While I do like me some Erlang, anybody would admit it has some rough spots. The big two that come to mind are awkward syntax and the inability to number crunch. Lest we forget, Erlang is declarative/functional and is a significant paradigm change for most programmers.