No, but it is part of the reason for its popularity. I think it's silly that we have a generation of programmers who are unwilling to learn a language without

No, but it is part of the reason for its popularity. I think it's silly that we have a generation of programmers who are unwilling to learn a language without a C or Ruby like syntax. But I must admit that I find Elixir easier to read and more comfortable than Erlang.