[lpil]

Yes, compiling a module where the source was written in another language is no different from calling a module written in the same one. In Elixir any time you call a module that starts with a `:` it has most likely been written in Erlang.

[sjtgraham]

Technically all modules begin with : as module references are atoms. iex just hides it from for Modules made with defmodule (they have :Elixir prepended to them) /trivia