What is BEAM VM written in?

Year 1986 Paradigm tool Typing unspecified

Bogdan/Björn's Erlang Abstract Machine.

Its runtime is implemented in C and Erlang (well-documented).

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Runtime Implementation

LanguageConfidenceNotesSource
C 95% BEAM VM written in C Source
Erlang 98% BEAM VM created for Erlang Source

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What language is BEAM VM written in?
BEAM VM is primarily implemented in C and Erlang. See the implementation section above for details and source references.

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