With Elixir, you can use Erlang libraries(or just plain Erlang) right inside of it, very similar to what you describe with Scala! I've never used Scala persona

With Elixir, you can use Erlang libraries(or just plain Erlang) right inside of it, very similar to what you describe with Scala! I've never used Scala personally, and my Java programming was all school-related, so sadly I just don't have the relevant knowledge to explain the differences.