Beautiful functional programming

[simonpj]

@Nycticorax

What I am wondering about is what exactly the creator of Elixir said or claimed. Maybe @simonpj can reference the actual words of his statement, so that we understand what he felt was a daunting task for functional languages? Perhaps all this is a storm in a teacup?

Total storm in teacup! Jose is a very interesting, clever, and thoughtful person. I was just jotting down (several weeks later) my probably-inaccurate recollection of a conversation over a beer. The problem spec I referred to is the best reference. Stick to that!