Something funny I’ve heard about Erlang, and so I assume Elixir is the same, is that the actor model is the perfect interpretation of OO, where even the message

Something funny I’ve heard about Erlang, and so I assume Elixir is the same, is that the actor model is the perfect interpretation of OO, where even the messages themselves (often though of as methods in OO) are objects, too! So, perhaps in learning that, you’re learning a more perfect OO.