Posted the sixth of a continuing series of articles on similarities and differences between Erlang and Elixir. This article covers guard expressions, discussing why guards look the way they do, and covering some extra guard-related features in Erlang and what they can tell us about both languages.

http://daniel-azuma.com/blog/2016/05/31/family-ties-6-being-on-guard

Index of previous articles in the series: http://daniel-azuma.com/articles/family-ties/