Learning Erlang? speedbump thread, common, small problems

Question

I just want know all the small problems that got between you and your final solution when you were new to Erlang.

For example, here are the first speedbumps I had:

Answer 1

Integrating it into msvc 6, so I could use the editor, and see the results in the output window.

I created a tool, with

command - path to erlc

arguments - +debug_info $(FileName)$(FileExt)

Initial Directory - $(fileDir)

Checked Use Output Window.