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elixir

brew install elixir v1.20.1 Apache-2.0

Functional programming language with metaprogramming features built on the Erlang VM.

Why you might care

Use Elixir for distributed, fault-tolerant systems that need hot-code reloading and actor-model concurrency via the proven Erlang runtime. It offers a Ruby-like syntax over battle-tested BEAM infrastructure, making it ideal for telecom, real-time apps (Phoenix web framework), and systems requiring five-nines uptime without the C complexity.

Categories

language-runtime interpreter

Alternatives

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Runtime dependencies

erlang

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