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by GenericJam 1512 days ago
Another thing about the BEAM that may resonate for you is the abstract syntax tree (AST) for the BEAM is very reminiscent of Lisp. Some people call Elixir which is a popular reworking of Erlang which also runs on the BEAM a secret Lisp as it gives direct access to the AST via macros.

A friend wrote on the topic here: https://dorgan.netlify.app/posts/2021/04/the_elixir_ast/