> * Dirty schedulers: This allows easy integration of blocking C-based libraries. So for example can wrap something like RocksDb and make it available to the rest of the VM easier. Or libcurl and others.

Amazing. I'm new to erlang, but within the last hour just read comments by a seasoned programmer on how erlang's shiny scheduler has an achilles heel when it comes to blocking C-based libraries. I suppose then that this truly is a significant advancement.

Mention of the scheduler was in a comparison between erlang and node.js. Article here: https://notamonadtutorial.com/interview-with-jesper-louis-an...