I&#x27;m not sure in what setting would Erlang be inappropriate, but somehow Elixir would be fine. Elixir actually adds a further layer of complication compared to Erlang, which is a straightforward pattern matching, expression-based language with recursion and polymorphic functions for looping and conditionals.<p>Elixir looks Ruby-ish, but that illusion breaks down very quickly since the underlying semantics are anything but. Not to mention Elixir doesn&#x27;t shield you from having to be aware of the Erlang runtime, the VM and OTP.