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Re:Why Elixir? A Rebuttal to Common Misconceptions by vwwvwwv on Wednesday July 23, 2025 @08:52PM (#44665691)
I liked the article, but I found it a bit strange that it presented pure functions as a feature of Elixir rather than as a general good practice. Surely there's nothing particularly unique about Elixir in this regard compared to other languages?
Re:Why Elixir? A Rebuttal to Common Misconceptions by spooky_deep on Thursday July 24, 2025 @04:44AM (#44668479)
There are auxiliary language features such as pattern matching that make pure functions viable at scale.