Francesco Cesarini founded Erlang Solutions in 1999 with a mission to help companies adopt Erlang. In this interview, I speak with Francesco and Gabor Olah from Erlang Solutions. We discuss the Erlang language, it's ecosystem, and features like concurrency, resilience, and scalability that motivate adoption. We use Java and the Java Virtual Machine as a comparison point for Erlang and it's virtual machine the BEAM. Lastly, we explore where Erlang fits best in contemporary software engineering projects. Sponsorship inquiries: sponsor@softwareengineeringdaily.com Support for the show comes from: New Relic:  Sign up at newrelic.com/sedaily Monte Carlo: Visit softwareengineeringdaily.com/montecarlodata to learn more Mparticle: Visit mparticle.com Work OS: To learn more and get started, go to softwareengineeringdaily.com/workos Strong DM: Sign up at strongdm.com/sedaily. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices