[chiffaa]

That's mostly because BEAM uses an actor-style approach while predating the concept of actors, isn't it? Interesting artefact of history if so

Edit: upon rechecking, apparently that's not exactly right, and Erlang designers learned of actors after designing the language, which makes it all the more interesting

[ihumanable]

I've spent the last decade in erlang / elixir / OTP. I think a lot of the naming comes from the early use of erlang as effectively an "OS" for telecom switches.

I always joke that BEAM wants to be the operating system.

[xelxebar]

> I've spent the last decade in erlang / elixir / OTP.

Do you have a blog? I would love a peek into your unique experience.

[zokier]

Actors predate both Erlang and BEAM by significant factor