Is it possible to develop a powerful web search engine using Erlang, Mnesia & Yaws?

Question

I am thinking of developing a web search engine using Erlang, Mnesia & Yaws. Is it possible to make a powerful and the fastest web search engine using these software? What w

Answer 1

As far as I know Powerset's natural language procesing search engine is developed using erlang.

Did you look at couchdb (which is written in erlang as well) as a possible tool to help you to solve few problems on your way?