Elixir (programming language)

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Elixir
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Basic data
Paradigms : Multi-paradigm programming language: functional , concurrent , procedural , homoiconical
Publishing year: 2011
Designer: José Valim
Developer: José Valim
Current  version 1.10.4   (July 4, 2020)
Typing : strong , dynamic
Influenced by: Erlang , Ruby , Clojure
Affected: LFE
Operating system : Erlang
License : Apache license, version 2.0
elixir-lang.org

Elixir is a functional , concurrent general purpose programming language operating on the virtual machine from Erlang running (BEAM). It can be used to create distributed, fault-tolerant , soft real-time and continuously running programs. In addition, Elixir can map metaprogramming using macros and polymorphism using protocols.

history

Elixir was developed by José Valim since 2011 as part of a research project at Plataformatec. The goal was to create an expandable and productive programming language that would remain compatible with Erlang's libraries and tools .

Examples

A simple hello world function: 

  def hello do
    IO.puts "Hello World"
  end

literature

  • Simon St. Laurent, J. David Eisenberg: Introducing Elixir: Getting Started in Functional Programming . 2nd Edition. O'Reilly Media, 2017, ISBN 978-1-4919-5677-9 .
  • Martin Grotz: Robust processes. Elixir: pragmatic and easy to learn. In: iX Special 2020 - Modern programming languages . Heise Medien, 2020, p. 104-109 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Elixir Releases older than 0.7.0 . Retrieved August 21, 2018.
  2. ↑ José Valim: Release 1.10.4 . (accessed on July 4, 2020).
  3. ↑ elixir-lang.org . (accessed on February 2, 2020).
  4. ↑ Elixir . In: José Valim . Retrieved February 17, 2013.
  5. ↑ Elixir v0.5.0 released

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