[throwamon]

> new

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.