[rdtsc]

> I daresay that the syntax is the least of your problems when learning Erlang; the message-passing concurrency and fault-tolerance models, and functional style are more difficult to understand.

That's my feel as well. I hear tirades about commas and periods. What are they going to do when they hit a net-split.

Bashing Erlang and stopping at syntax is like bashing a new battle tank because it doesn't have a leather interior. Yeah it is nice if it had leather seats and a mini fridge but if that is really the main criteria used in picking it, one has to wonder...