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by digitalzombie 2757 days ago
> Elixir is not statically typed. In 2018 for a new project its hard to justify not using a typed system to make code more likely to "run" properly out of the gate or increase your confidence while refactoring it. Even a simple type system like golang's will do. No need for something complex like C++/Java/Rust etc.

Elixir was inspired by Ruby iirc and it was a project started in 2012 according to the elixir documentary by Honey.

Scripting languages without static typing have its place.

I don't believe all languages even new one starting in 2018 should be type. It depends on the language goals.

If you want a actor concurrency model with type then try Pony.