Elixir is based on the BEAM virtal machine developed for Erlang. Restarting crashed (very lightweight) processes to handle errors is the normal way of doing thi

Elixir is based on the BEAM virtal machine developed for Erlang. Restarting crashed (very lightweight) processes to handle errors is the normal way of doing things in that system. LFE(Lisp-flavored Erlang) is an existing language that combines Lisp syntax with Erlang's backend, though I haven't used it myself yet.