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Google trends shows that Elixir is in fact growing: https://trends.google.co.in/trends/explore?q=%2Fm%2F0pl075p,%2Fm%2F03yb8hb,%2Fm%2F03j_q,%2Fm%2F02mm3 https:/

• cyberferret 9y ago
  Strange - that graph set shows Elixir on a slight growth path, but Erlang on a slight downward path? Isn't Elixir simply the framework around Erlang?? It would be a bit like showing Rails on the uptake, but Ruby going down, isn't it?
  • unscaled 9y ago
    No, Elixir is an entirely different language running on the same virtual machine as Erlang. It's as seeing a graph with Java usage going down, while Kotlin or Scala up.
    • cyberferret 9y ago
      Thanks @unscaled and @LukaD for clarifying this. I hadn't used the language, so didn't understand that Elixir wasn't just the name of the framework. Not sure why I got the downvotes for asking a question, but there you go...
      • hashkb 9y ago
        Because literally five seconds of googling would have gotten you the answer. Your comment didn't add anything for anyone but yourself. That's why you got downvoted.
        • cname 9y ago
          I was wondering the same thing, so I found cyberferret's comment (and the answers) useful. It might be helpful to anyone who's skimming through here.
  • LukaD 9y ago
    Elixir is not a framework around Erlang. It's a language running on the Erlang VM (BEAM) with painless erlang interoperability. It's the most popular alternative language to erlang on BEAM.
• pmarreck 9y ago
  Opened that link and "Hmm, your search doesn't have enough data to show here." weird?