[zambal]

What's the point of a comment like this? I think I disagree with your reply, but the lack of argument makes it difficult.

While I wouldn't go as far as saying that elixir has the same benefits as lisp regarding uniform syntax in combination with a flexible macro system, elixir's macro system is undoubtedly powerful. The big difference with a lisp is that elixir's macro's operate on an intermediate ast representation that looks a lot like lisp code. So while elixir doesn't have a very uniform syntax itself, I think its macro system gives comparable power and flexibility.

[medo-bear]

and because of the nonuniformity difference that you mention, for anything but the most basic macros you gonna find that level of comparability with lisp decrease pretty exponentialy

btw, the other poster didnt mention elixir macros. they mentioned optional syntax which frankly terrifies me :)