Elixir is a dynamic, functional language designed for building
scalable and maintainable applications.
Elixir leverages the Erlang VM, known for running low-latency,
distributed and fault-tolerant systems, while also being successfully
used in web development and the embedded software domain.
Elixir is a functional, dynamic language built on top of Erlang and the Erlang VM. Erlang is a language that was originally written in 1986 by Ericsson to help solve telephony problems like distribution, fault-tolerance, and concurrency. Elixir, written by José Valim, extends Erlang and provides a friendlier syntax into the Erlang VM. It does this while keeping the performance of the same level as Erlang.
Some features of Elixir:
Elixir is a functional, dynamic language built on top of Erlang and the Erlang VM. Erlang is a language that was originally written in 1986 by Ericsson to help solve telephony problems like distribution, fault-tolerance, and concurrency. Elixir, written by José Valim, extends Erlang and provides a friendlier syntax into the Erlang VM. It does this while keeping the performance of the same level as Erlang.
Some features of Elixir:
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Scalability
All Elixir code runs inside lightweight processes that are isolated and exchange information via messages.
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Fault Tolerance
Elixir provides supervisors which describe how to restart parts of
your system when things go wrong, going back to a known initial state
that is guaranteed to work. This ensures your application/platform is
never down.
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Functional Programming
Functional programming promotes a coding style that helps developers write code that is short, fast, and maintainable.
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Build tools
Elixir ships with a set of development tools. Mix is one such tools
that makes it easy to create projects, manage tasks, run tests, etc. It
also has its own package manager - Hex.
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Erlang Compatibility
Elixir runs on the Erlang VM giving developers complete access to Erlang’s ecosystem.
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