[PopeDotNinja]

>> I think the real killer feature of Elixir is that it is a friendly, Ruby-like language

Elixir looks a little like Ruby, but that's where I'd end the comparison. There's almost know similarity in how can be used well.

[bicx]

True in a lot of cases. However, Phoenix has major similarities to Ruby on Rails, and Elixir is often the functional language of choice for those moving away from RoR.