Opposite experience here. Having learned Erlang first, I find Elixir's syntax to be a false friend for the semantics of the ERTS. Erlang's syntax also seems to

Opposite experience here. Having learned Erlang first, I find Elixir's syntax to be a false friend for the semantics of the ERTS. Erlang's syntax also seems to me much better at getting out of your way and focusing on the primacy of patterns.