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I don't really understand his justification for excluding Erlang. It IS a general purpose language, and I can't see it as any more niche than some of the obscure languages he includes (Clay?).

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No curly braces, no hashtables, awkward strings, doesn't look object-oriented.

(This coming from someone whose favorite language is Erlang.)

All true, but that isn't his justification in the article. He skips Erlang by damning it as confined to a niche, like PHP.

Edit: Reia would be worth discussing if those are major obstacles.

He gives consideration to Clojure, which makes only limited use of curly braces and explicitly rejects object-orientation as most of the world understands it.

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