Erlang has been around since what, the 80s? Elixir is "just" Erlang with a different face and extra features.
> restrictive
which is? Functional programming? Immutability?
Interestingly, Erlang is often called a "true" object-oriented language thanks to its actor model. It's incredibly powerful and flexible, pretty much the opposite of restrictive. Just for a simple example, you can inspect, debug and modify your program while it's running.
From your comment it just seems you're not familiar with it.
Erlang has been around since what, the 80s? Elixir is "just" Erlang with a different face and extra features.
> restrictive
which is? Functional programming? Immutability?
Interestingly, Erlang is often called a "true" object-oriented language thanks to its actor model. It's incredibly powerful and flexible, pretty much the opposite of restrictive. Just for a simple example, you can inspect, debug and modify your program while it's running.
From your comment it just seems you're not familiar with it.