I really want scripting in Elixir to be better - and the addition of Mix.install() is a great step forward - but there are still a lot of awkward elements. Elixir will require you to be in a module to define a function and then respect module namespaces when calling them - which makes sense in a normal context but I find it to be annoying while scripting. Likewise I don't think dialyzer, the Elixir / Erlang static type analyzer, will run on script files.
That said I think the underlying lack of data mutability really increases the potential for code reuse and scripting.
That said I think the underlying lack of data mutability really increases the potential for code reuse and scripting.