Elixir (programming language): Difference between revisions

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{{Infobox programming language

| name = Elixir

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| year = 2011

| typing = [[type system|dynamic]], [[strong typing|strong]]

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

| creator = [[José Valim]]

| latest_release_version = 0.8.0

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'''Elixir''' is a [[functional language|functional]], [[concurrent computing|concurrent]], general-purpose [[programming language]] built on top of the [[Erlang (programming language)|Erlang]] Virtual Machine (BEAM). Elixir builds on top of Erlang to provide distributed, fault-tolerant, soft real-time, non-stop applications but also extends it to support meta-programming with macros and polymorphism via protocols.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://elixir-lang.org|title=Elixir | work=José Valim | accessdate=2013-02-17}}</ref>

==History==

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