If you want, you can write scripts in it. Just like Python, but that isn't the sweet spot. It is much more suitable for long-running things. But Nerves is a co

If you want, you can write scripts in it. Just like Python, but that isn't the sweet spot. It is much more suitable for long-running things. But Nerves is a cool project for Elixir + embedded Linux. Scenic is a neat project for OpenGL UIs in Elixir. It can do a lot of different things. You can pick it for the concurrency, the durability or the distributed nature of it. Tons of potential applications. So general purpose-ish. But not as general as some others.