I have been using Erlang since 2008, and started using Elixir in 2014.
I much prefer the Elixir syntax. It files off the rough parts of the Erlang syntax, e.g. needing to keep track of commas, periods and semicolons at the ends of lines.
The most important thing Elixir adds, though, is lisp-style macros, which makes everything else easier.
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I have been using Erlang since 2008, and started using Elixir in 2014.
I much prefer the Elixir syntax. It files off the rough parts of the Erlang syntax, e.g. needing to keep track of commas, periods and semicolons at the ends of lines. The most important thing Elixir adds, though, is lisp-style macros, which makes everything else easier.
This is the post which made me switch to Elixir: https://littlelines.com/blog/2014/07/08/elixir-vs-ruby-showd... We get the best of both worlds: the ease of use of Rails with the power of Erlang.