[passer-by-123]

As many others said in the thread, forget about the relationship between Ruby and Elixir, and give Elixir a try. It is much more than syntax: structs, protocols, the test framework, documentation, tooling... even the new error messages and debugger make a big difference on every day development.

There are reasons for picking Erlang over Elixir but if the reason is that "Elixir does not offer anything beyond syntax", it is likely the person has not been paying much attention.

[didibus]

Yup, I actually hate the Elixir syntax. I've never been a fan of ruby syntax. Granted I find the elixir syntax a step up on ruby. Anyways, Elixir is nice because of its abstractions. While I understand most people come to it from ruby for its familiar syntax.