At some point, all programming languages are syntactic sugar over assembly. :) But I hear what you're asking. I'm not really familiar enough to answer, but I'v

At some point, all programming languages are syntactic sugar over assembly. :) But I hear what you're asking. I'm not really familiar enough to answer, but I've seen plenty of articles that say it's more than just a familiar syntax, e.g., http://devintorr.es/blog/2013/06/11/elixir-its-not-about-syntax/ http://devintorr.es/blog/2013/06/11/elixir-its-not-about-syn...