If you think Elixir is about syntax or about making Erlang look like Ruby, you should really watch this talk: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=Lqo9-pQuRKE" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=Lqo9-pQuRKE</a><p>Syntax is the first thing José Valim discards on the talk, he then goes on to talk about polymorphism, collections, tooling and so on.<p>Also, both Elixir and LFE have two namespaces, so none of them would be equivalent to a LISP-1.