It has a type system, just a differently structured one to support its goals. In a naturally distributed language there are a number of headaches that are creat

It has a type system, just a differently structured one to support its goals. In a naturally distributed language there are a number of headaches that are created by overly strict typing (think REST vs WSDL as an example). It's an entirely different way of thinking about the problem that enables you to accomplish things that you can't effectively do outside of the BEAM. https://blog.codeship.com/understanding-elixir-types/ https://blog.codeship.com/understanding-elixir-types/