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This is in my opinion not the case.
Just to give one example: WhatsApp managed to get to half a billion users with about 60 employees by using Erlang for their infrastructure.
Nevertheless, Erlang is far from being a mainstream language (even though it is used in industry).
In my opinion, in what kind of infrastructure is used/mimicked, a lot of hype is involved.
This is in my opinion not the case.
Just to give one example: WhatsApp managed to get to half a billion users with about 60 employees by using Erlang for their infrastructure.
Nevertheless, Erlang is far from being a mainstream language (even though it is used in industry).
In my opinion, in what kind of infrastructure is used/mimicked, a lot of hype is involved.