It's not really the syntax. Elixir's semantics are simply better than Erlang. Erlang accumulated a lot of worts, but it never really got rid of them. I don't

It's not really the syntax. Elixir's semantics are simply better than Erlang. Erlang accumulated a lot of worts, but it never really got rid of them. I don't think Syntax matters all that much. Smalltalk's syntax is pretty odd, but its regular and simple to explain/understand, so people quickly come to like it. Smalltalk's VM's though are a huge barrier to entry. Erlang is the reverse: great VM... great architectural decisions... great libraries.... questionable language semantics.