> My experience is quite the opposite - that's a mental model for programs that goes against how most people I know reason about code. > The examples in Elixir

> My experience is quite the opposite - that's a mental model for programs that goes against how most people I know reason about code. > The examples in Elixir all looked more complicated for me to understand, generally, although I understand the value brought that model. The cognitive load seemed fairly higher as well. Of course it's not as understandable to someone who's not used to it. When I read articles about a different paradigm, I assume that "better" means "with equal experience as you have in your own paradigm" So if someone says "this convoluted mess of a haskell program is better than js", I will say "yes, if you spent 100 hours in Haskell prior to reading this".