Fantastic. Congratulations to the Elixir team!<p>Something striking from the release announcement:<p>> As mentioned earlier, releases was the last planned feature for Elixir. We don’t have any major user-facing feature in the works nor planned.<p>Part of me is a little alarmed—no one wants a language to stagnate. José makes it clear that this doesn't mean it's the last version:<p>> Of course, it does not mean that v1.9 is the last Elixir version. We will continue releasing shipping new releases every 6 months with enhancements, bug fixes and improvements.<p>Elixir is remarkably extensible. When I was first getting acquainted with the language finding macros with all the expressive ability of a LISP blew my mind. Making powerful macros a core part of the language meant that the language could grow. That in my mind is the most important part of any language's long-term viability.<p>Fantastic work all who contributed. Thank you for making a fast, functional, and fun language to work with!