Nope. Elixir was created because of the gap in functionality in Erlang, specifically around documentation and tooling as well as the lack of macros and polymorp

Nope. Elixir was created because of the gap in functionality in Erlang, specifically around documentation and tooling as well as the lack of macros and polymorphism. [0] The fact that it looks Rubyish at times is just the creator's aesthetic preference, but it wasn't the motivator. [0] http://www.sitepoint.com/an-interview-with-elixir-creator-jose-valim/ http://www.sitepoint.com/an-interview-with-elixir-creator-jo...