Is never say erlang is more elegant than elixir, simply due to things like ending functions with commas vs periods (yes they have actual meaning, no it's not really something worth worrying about), lack of pipes, and lack of things like with
They both compile down to the same bytecode, and both have fairly optimum compilers
As for gleam, it's a fun ml dialect, worth using if that's your thing. Same goes with LFE, if you like lisp