Elixir has a very regular syntax, so you get Erlang plus the power of lisp-style macros, which is HUGE. It also adds features like Clojure-style protocols. And

Elixir has a very regular syntax, so you get Erlang plus the power of lisp-style macros, which is HUGE. It also adds features like Clojure-style protocols. And then with pattern matching, we get to dispatch on all the function call arguments, like CLOS. So basically, it's got much of the power of Lisp, in a mainstream syntax. I love it. With those syntax improvements, we get the power of Erlang with the ease of use of Rails: http://www.littlelines.com/blog/2014/07/08/elixir-vs-ruby-showdown-phoenix-vs-rails/ http://www.littlelines.com/blog/2014/07/08/elixir-vs-ruby-sh... (A bit dated, but this is the post that sold me on the platform.)