I've been doing a lot of Elixir recently, and I have a fair amount of experience with Scheme and Clojure. The biggest "aha" moment for me with Elixir came when I realized that everything, just like in a LISP, was an expression.
Then, when I learned about Elixir's macro system, I thought, "wait a minute, this is LISP! This is just a LISP in Ruby's clothing in Erlang's pasture!"
That was a delight. :) My heart still belongs to the LISP family, but right now I'm working as an Elixir developer.
Yes, Elixir would be my second choice but although it has Lisp influences it doesn't capture the real magic of Lisp for me. Code as data belongs exclusively to real Lisps. Elixir also lacks vectors of its own and tends to be too niche compared with Clojure.
Then, when I learned about Elixir's macro system, I thought, "wait a minute, this is LISP! This is just a LISP in Ruby's clothing in Erlang's pasture!"
That was a delight. :) My heart still belongs to the LISP family, but right now I'm working as an Elixir developer.