Elixir features inspired or modelled after other languages

[josevalim]

@sashaafm

About the macros and metaprogramming aspect of Elixir. It was inspired by Clojure, right? Or did you look at older Lisps directly?

I remember looking at multiple Lisps. At least Common Lisp and Scheme to take an informed decision regarding hygiene and gensym. I cannot recall any special aspect from Clojure on this regard. Elixir ended-up having contextual hygiene (where variables belong to the modules that define them) which I don’t think I have seen elsewhere.