I think the important thing about Erlang (the system as a whole) is that you really have to understand what it does first. It&#x27;s not one of those platforms you just jump into and start toying around and then maybe things work &#x27;good enough.&#x27; Once you do understand what it does, though, it is exceptionally good at that.<p>This post does a great job of explaining what Erlang, as a whole, does and why it does it.