It was not the purpose of the language nor I believe it is its primary effect. It was the immediate effect though. At last ElixirConf, I remember asking for a

It was not the purpose of the language nor I believe it is its primary effect. It was the immediate effect though. At last ElixirConf, I remember asking for a show of hands on people's backgrounds, and I would say Ruby was 40-50%. It is impossible to know how it applies to the community as a whole, but I think the idea that Elixir is "Erlang for Ruby" is several years dated at this point.