brightball is perhaps alluding that the BEAM VM environment itself is treated more as an operating system within an operating system rather than just another process in an operating system.
The BEAM VM is unique (at least compared to mainstream languages) in that everything is run as a preempted, stackful coroutine. The result is an environment reminiscent of an operating system.
The BEAM VM is unique (at least compared to mainstream languages) in that everything is run as a preempted, stackful coroutine. The result is an environment reminiscent of an operating system.