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I use this all the time and I love it. I can research all my pastor's sermons. Haha.

If you're interested there's a lot of info about the compiler here: https://blog.stenmans.org/theBeamBook/#CH-Compiler There are multiple passes, the last of which is byte code alt…

Another thing about the BEAM that may resonate for you is the abstract syntax tree (AST) for the BEAM is very reminiscent of Lisp. Some people call Elixir which is a popular rework…

The BEAM (runtime?) is written in C. There is also an effort to rewrite it in Rust ( https://github.com/lumen/lumen ). Some functions are built into the VM but most of the supporti…

With Erlang it's necessary to separate the compiler from the VM. You are working around what the VM wants but the compiler is not a problem. The VM acts a bit like an operating sys…

Is Lisp + message passing a bridge too far? ie https://lfe.io/ Does Lisp on the BEAM hold any appeal for you?