Elixir (programming language)

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Compiles Bytecode Runtime Built-in tooling REPL

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History

Research and development Ruby Clojure

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Shell Command line Hello world List comprehension Guards

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Overview

Functional Concurrent High-level General-purpose Programming language

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Designed by: José Valim
Filename extensions: .ex, .exs
First appeared: 25 May 2012; 14 years ago (2012-05-25)
License: Apache License 2.0
Paradigms: multi-paradigm: functional, concurrent, distributed, process-oriented
Platform: Erlang

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Overview

Functional Functional programming
Concurrent Concurrent computing
High-level High-level programming language
General-purpose General-purpose programming language
Programming language
BEAM BEAM (Erlang virtual machine)
Virtual machine Process virtual machine
Erlang Erlang (programming language)
Distributed Distributed computing
Fault-tolerant
Extensible
Metaprogramming
Macros Macro (computer science)
Polymorphism Polymorphism (computer science)

History

Research and development
Ruby Ruby (programming language)
Clojure

Features

Compiles Compiler
Bytecode
Runtime Runtime (program lifecycle phase)
Built-in tooling Mix (build tool)
REPL Read–eval–print loop
Phoenix Phoenix (web framework)
Expression Expression (computer science)
Pattern matching
Recursion Recursion (computer science)
Higher-order functions Higher-order function
Side-effect Side-effect (computer science)
Looping Loop (computing)
Shared nothing concurrent programming Shared nothing architecture
Actor model
Lazy Lazy evaluation
Async collections Futures and promises
Abstract syntax tree
Domain-specific languages Domain-specific language
Dynamic dispatch
Multiple dispatch
Markdown
Unicode
UTF-8

Examples

Shell Shell (computing)
Command line
Hello world "Hello, World!" program
List comprehension
Guards Guard (computer science)
Asynchronously Async/await

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Triples9

Avg. degree1.96

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Elixir (programming language)

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Designed by · 1

Elixir (programming language) → José Valim

Filename extensions · 1

Elixir (programming language) → .ex, .exs

First appeared · 1

Elixir (programming language) → 25 May 2012; 14 years ago (2012-05-25)

License · 1

Elixir (programming language) → Apache License 2.0

Paradigms · 1

Elixir (programming language) → multi-paradigm: functional, concurrent, distributed, process-oriented

Platform · 1

Elixir (programming language) → Erlang

Stable release · 1

Elixir (programming language) → 1.20 / 3 June 2026; 2 months ago (3 June 2026)

Typing discipline · 1

Elixir (programming language) → dynamic, strong, gradual since version 1.20

Website · 1

Elixir (programming language) → elixir-lang.org

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elixir erlang also functional programming language concurrent distributed code via clojure beam machine protocols metaprogramming polymorphism ruby data pattern matching

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Subject	Predicate	Object	Confidence	Src
Elixir (programming language)	Designed by	José Valim	1.00	infobox
Elixir (programming language)	Filename extensions	.ex, .exs	1.00	infobox
Elixir (programming language)	First appeared	25 May 2012; 14 years ago (2012-05-25)	1.00	infobox
Elixir (programming language)	License	Apache License 2.0	1.00	infobox
Elixir (programming language)	Paradigms	multi-paradigm: functional, concurrent, distributed, process-oriented	1.00	infobox
Elixir (programming language)	Platform	Erlang	1.00	infobox
Elixir (programming language)	Stable release	1.20 / 3 June 2026; 2 months ago (3 June 2026)	1.00	infobox
Elixir (programming language)	Typing discipline	dynamic, strong, gradual since version 1.20	1.00	infobox
Elixir (programming language)	Website	elixir-lang.org	1.00	infobox

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