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Line 25: == Features == Elm has a small set of language constructs, including traditional if-expressions, let-expressions for local state, and case-expressions for [[pattern matching]].<ref name="syntax">{{cite web\|url=http://elm-lang.org/learn/Syntax.elm\|title=syntax\|website=elm-lang.org\|access-date=2013-05-31\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313052210/http://elm-lang.org/learn/syntax.elm\|archive-date=2016-03-13\|url-status=dead}}</ref> As a functional language, it supports [[anonymous function]]s, functions as ~~argumensts~~arguments, and functions can return functions, the later often by partial application of curried functions. Functions are called by value. Its semantics include immutable values, [[pure function\|stateless functions]], and static typing with type inference. Elm programs render HTML through a virtual DOM, and may interoperate with other code by using "JavaScript as a service". === Immutability ===

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