Others have already repeatedly mentioned this was a performance optimization. Elixir/Erlang is not particularly good for heavily CPU bound tasks--This is by de

Others have already repeatedly mentioned this was a performance optimization. Elixir/Erlang is not particularly good for heavily CPU bound tasks--This is by design. For lack of a better source, here is a post on the Elixir forum from Robert Virding (one of the creators of Erlang) on the subject: https://elixirforum.com/t/on-why-elixir/34038/62 https://elixirforum.com/t/on-why-elixir/34038/62