[ramchip]

Erlang processes are quite different from worker threads in other languages, since they're green threads (not OS threads). I'm not even sure if the expression "worker thread" was in common usage when the language was created.

[throwbsidbdk]

I didn't know Erlang had been around that long, I've only seen it pop up within the last few years

[lightbyte]

I think you meant to reply that to me. But yeah, erlang is very old. It was originally designed from the ground up to run telephony switches and other telecom-related tasks.