Obviously. But it's really nice to have the option, and none of us knows the future. I've been bitten by those "0.1% chance" things much more times than I would be not-embarrassed to admit, and I know I a not alone.
Good, thanks for the grounding. I'll have to reevaluate at one point then.
As I just posted in another comment (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48384622), I'd probably drop Erlang/Elixir due to difficulties of employment and contracting -- if the more popular languages get those STM / share-nothing runtimes.