Elixir (programming language): Difference between revisions

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| influenced_by = [[Erlang (programming language)|Erlang]], [[Ruby (programming language)|Ruby]], [[Clojure]]

| creator = [[José Valim]]

| latest_release_version = 0.12.05

| platform = [[Erlang (programming language)|Erlang]]

| license = [[Apache License]]

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* Emphasis on [[recursion (computer science)|recursion]] and [[higher-order function]]s instead of [[side-effect (computer science)|side-effect]]-based [[loop (computing)|looping]].

* Everything is an expression

* Lazy and async collections with streams

* [[Pattern matching]]

* [[Unicode]] support and [[UTF-8]] strings