Why is Erlang crashing on large sequences?

Question

I have just started learning Erlang and am trying out some Project Euler problems to get started. However, I seem to be able to do any operations on large sequences without cra

Answer 1

This is a feature. We do not want one processes to consume all memory. It like the fuse box in your house. For the safety of us all.

You have to know erlangs recovery model to understand way they let the process just die.