What actually is the BEAM?

A look at the BEAM runtime and its compiler — how they relate, what particular strengths the combination gives our code, and how we can leverage that from the applications we write every day. The talk compares the BEAM to other environments such as the JVM, the CLR, and Lua, highlighting both similarities and differences in how these systems execute code for languages like Erlang, Elixir, LFE, and Efene.