[fgimian]

Yep, many of my colleagues at work use Elixir in fact and they say the same. Ultimately, I started with C++ ... a long time ago (2001) ... and from day one I learned coding using an object-oriented approach.

A lot of this comes down to the fact that one has to really commit to a functional mindset and go all-in like my friends at work have. This wasn't a commitment that I was personally ready to make, especially since all the programming I do at work is in Python and OO-based, and I have limited time to code outside work :) I think that if I was coding a project full-time at work in a functional language, I'd be more inclined to use this paradigm in my own projects.

Without a doubt Elixir is a great GREAT choice and has such a mature ecosystem and tried and tested underpinning that I can understand why anyone would choose it for a project that will run in production. The guys at work have been very happy with it so far, and the language is beautiful and easy to read.