Erlang equivalent of http://return1.net/blog/2012/May/3/introduction-to-threads-with-c11

gistfile1.erl

-module(foo).
-compile(export_all).

printer(Text, Num_times, Time_between) ->
    [begin io:format(Text), timer:sleep(Time_between) end
     || _ <- lists:seq(1, Num_times)].

main() ->
    spawn(?MODULE, printer, ["Hello~n", 30, 10]),
    spawn(?MODULE, printer, ["World~n", 40, 15]),
    spawn(?MODULE, printer, ["Parallel World~n", 40, 20]).