I'm not sure in what setting would Erlang be inappropriate, but somehow Elixir would be fine. Elixir actually adds a further layer of complication compared to E

I'm not sure in what setting would Erlang be inappropriate, but somehow Elixir would be fine. Elixir actually adds a further layer of complication compared to Erlang, which is a straightforward pattern matching, expression-based language with recursion and polymorphic functions for looping and conditionals. Elixir looks Ruby-ish, but that illusion breaks down very quickly since the underlying semantics are anything but. Not to mention Elixir doesn't shield you from having to be aware of the Erlang runtime, the VM and OTP.