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Sorry for the late reply but I wanted to double check before following up. And I am glad I did because I was told my first response was inaccurate. :)

It is fair to call both TypeScript and Elixir as set-theoretic type system. The big difference is that Elixir's implements semantic subtyping. Here is the paper you can use to dig deeper. I hope it helps: https://www.irif.fr/~gc/papers/lics02.pdf



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