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The reason that Wordpress and Drupal took off like wildfire is that PHP is basically a lowest-common-denominator language. Many PHP developers couldn't handle Erlang. Perhaps there's a use-case for this, but I'd much rather see a compelling CMS written in server-side Javascript.

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I think the majority of PHP developers could handle Erlang. The core language is small, the syntax maybe at times quirky but it is quite clear, the documentation is good and the community is welcoming. There is perhaps some extra effort in starting a project but with rebar I don't think it's any more onerous than the hoop-jumping involved in using a PHP framework.

If there are any PHP developers reading this who have tried and failed to pickup Erlang I'd be interested to know what got in your way.

I think the question is why would they want to try Erlang. There isn't any compelling reason for them to, when most of what they(and most web developers) do is write CRUD apps.

I'm inclined to agree. Perhaps as expectations raise over time as to what a CRUD app should be capable of this situation will change.

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