Elixir¶

Functional language for scalable and maintainable applications

Overview¶

Elixir is a dynamic, functional language built on the Erlang VM. It's designed for building scalable, fault-tolerant applications, particularly web services and distributed systems.

Language Aliases¶

run elixir "IO.puts \"Hello\""
run ex "IO.puts \"Hello\""
run exs "IO.puts \"Hello\""
run iex "IO.puts \"Hello\""
# Output: Hello (x4)

Multi-line Code: Use Heredoc

For multi-line code, use heredoc (<< 'EOF') to avoid shell quoting and escaping issues.

REPL Behavior¶

Elixir's REPL (IEx) is STATEFUL - variables and modules persist across commands.