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i didnt say that people dont use it BECAUSE its good. that its good simply doesnt matter to them.

almost nobody is using erlang. one of the best languages out there.

Betamax was superior to VHS. VHS won. Best is only one aspect. As was said elsewhere here a few times, functional programming is a different paradigm for most people, and learning new stuff is hard, especially when deadlines are at play.

> Betamax was superior to VHS.

Actually, that's a myth.

One of the reasons why Betamax lost is because a tape could only contain one hour of film, so you needed at least two tapes for a single movie. VHS didn't have this limitation.

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