This is an open acknowledged issue on elixir-lang-core mailing lists. Many requests to make Elixir behave like Ruby are shot down. Often, what is requested alre

This is an open acknowledged issue on elixir-lang-core mailing lists. Many requests to make Elixir behave like Ruby are shot down. Often, what is requested already has a powerful analog in Elixir. If not, a lot of thought goes into how to add said feature according to Elixir idioms and style rather than blindly porting from Ruby.