[jknoepfler]

You literally just suggested that someone who writes semantically identical code in a more readable language will look pathetic to you. I think you're confusing nerd-cred with engineering ability. For the record, I will employ the person who prefers to write in Elixir but can work with legacy Erlang before I will employ someone who thinks there's special magic in an obtuse syntax...

[esra]

I'd say it's extremely subjective which language is more readable, for some that might be Elixir and for others it's Erlang.