Elixir
Mayel De Borniol
Dec 1, 2018
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CommentsWhat is Elixir?
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 tool in the Languages category of a tech stack.
Elixir Pros & Cons
Pros of Elixir
- ✓Concurrency
- ✓Functional
- ✓Erlang vm
- ✓Great documentation
- ✓Great tooling
- ✓Immutable data structures
- ✓Open source
- ✓Pattern-matching
- ✓Easy to get started
- ✓Actor library
Cons of Elixir
- ✗Fewer jobs for Elixir experts
- ✗Smaller userbase than other mainstream languages
- ✗Elixir's dot notation less readable ("object": 1st arg)
- ✗Dynamic typing
- ✗Difficult to understand
- ✗Not a lot of learning books available
Elixir Alternatives & Comparisons
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Python
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