In functional programming, there are two varieties of functions: first-order functions and pure functions. First-order functions A first-order function takes standard data types (string, number, ...

Built on top of Erlang, Elixir makes it easier to write good functional programming code and harder to mess it up. Here's a first look at this language on the rise.

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