Something not mentioned in the the list of criticisms linked by gordonguthrie is the lack of a coherent release and distribution framework. There are several ha

Something not mentioned in the the list of criticisms linked by gordonguthrie is the lack of a coherent release and distribution framework. There are several half baked implementations none of which have the full support of the community. Sure Erlang allows hot code swap, but it's mostly a manual process requiring a user to interact with the shell.