Ya, Erlang doesn't do well on the Benchmarks Game because the Benchmarks Game doesn't measure communication, which is Erlang's strong point. No-one writes algo

Ya, Erlang doesn't do well on the Benchmarks Game because the Benchmarks Game doesn't measure communication, which is Erlang's strong point. No-one writes algorithms like those in the Game in Erlang; you code them as a server in C or Java or anything and farm work out to them from Erlang.