Others, who are more proficient in the language (I have a heavy Python background), can supplement or correct these answers. Here is a start though: 1) For we

Others, who are more proficient in the language (I have a heavy Python background), can supplement or correct these answers. Here is a start though: 1) For web development, Erlang uses a data type called an iolist. This can be a (potentially nested) mashup up binary, character and byte sequences. It is extremely memory efficient and is a pleasure to work with. 2) Chicago Boss database drivers use client libraries from the Erlang community. Erlang programmers 3) Yes. I believe Chicago Boss supported Unicode/UTF-8 before the rest of Erlang did. 4) I guess the biggest difference is that Chicago Boss uses Rails conventions, whereas other Erlang web frameworks create their own. For example, CB is the (only?) Erlang web framework to use a database abstraction layer built from models written in an easy-to-read DSL.