[zaik]

> couldn't be replicated in other languages?

All programming languages can do any task. It's about how easy they make that task for you.

[zwnow]

Yea and with that i'd think it would be a pain in the ass trying to replicate BEAM behavior in different langs

[thibaut_barrere]

This is true in general but only until it gets false.

For instance, Elixir supports compilation targeting GPUs (within exactly the same language, not a fork).

Most languages do not allow that (and for most it would be fairly hard to implement).

[goatlover]

For any finite, computable task, as long as the language has access to the hardware that can perform the task in practical time, assuming the language doesn't present any compilation or memory issues to take advantage of said hardware in practical time for the task to be worth computing.