The greatest power of BEAM-based languages is the fully preemptive actor model. Nobody else supports it. This is a superpower, the solution of most problems with concurrent programming.
In Erland and Elixir, actors and actor-based concurrency hold the central place in the corresponding ecosystems, well supported by extensive documentation.
In Gleam, actors and OTP are an afterthought. They are there somewhere, but underdocumented and abandoned.
In Erland and Elixir, actors and actor-based concurrency hold the central place in the corresponding ecosystems, well supported by extensive documentation.
In Gleam, actors and OTP are an afterthought. They are there somewhere, but underdocumented and abandoned.