> ... fascinated with BEAM, how it allowed easy spawning of processes ...
> ... the appeal of BEAM languages ...
> ... haven’t read The BEAM Book yet ...
> ... examples are written in Elm ...
I'm pretty sure that in this analogy, C# has the CLR.
The blog is a text version of the talk, not an invitation to watch the talk.
If you can't bring yourself to search for 5 seconds and find out what an article is about, maybe you just close it and move on.
That's all it takes. When you're writing about a niche topic (and nearly everything and anything interesting is a niche topic) then explain your jargon. It's considerate, reminds people who are familiar but might have forgotten, and introduces people unfamiliar with it to what your topic is.
Sometimes people want to understand what they're reading about and not have to play a little "guess what this is about" game. Clarity is a quality of good writing.
macintux•1h ago