[taavi013]

There has been nice study by Motorola exactly on this topic C++ vs. Erlang implementing telecom software. Study slides are online at http://www.slideshare.net/Arbow/comparing-cpp-and-erlang-for...

Interesting result from this study - erlang implementation is not only more robust but also faster.

[macintux]

Thanks for the link. Jives with my intuition overall, but the speed comparison is jaw-dropping.