Understanding the advantages of "let it crash" term

[AstonJ]

I would have referred them to something Joe Armstrong has said (and what I posted not long ago)…

@AstonJ

I heard Crystal folk say they want to implement something like the Actor model that Erlang has, but I’ve also heard @joeerl (I think in relation to Java stuff) say something along the lines of that sure, anyone can implement a similar model to Erlang - but then they’ll need 20 years to get to where Erlang is at. Erlang wasn’t just built and then stayed the same - it was worked on, tweaked, enhanced over a couple of decades to get it to where it’s at today

You’d think a CTO would be aware of stuff like this but it’s ok - horses for courses right…