Elixir - functional, concurrent, distributed programming
summary
Elixir runs on the Erlang VM and offers lightweight VM-managed processes with message passing and immutable data so concurrent state avoids locks; mailboxes plus pattern matching let processes selectively receive messages. It uses per-process garbage collection and transparent cross-node PIDs for distribution. Fault tolerance relies on links, trapped exits and supervision trees that restart crashed processes from a known state. The syntax supports macros operating on ASTs so language extensions are practical.
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chapters (15)
- 0:00Start
- 6:57Design Goals
- 7:19Virtual Machine
- 7:45Concurrency
- 8:34Virtual Machine Managed Processes
- 11:25How Do Process Communicate
- 15:23Pattern Matching
- 17:59Processes That Act at State Holders
- 20:09Fault Tolerance
- 25:47Supervision Trees
- 27:51Syntax
- 28:04Language Syntax
- 28:37Functional Definition
- 31:37Elixir Code
- 35:29Conclusion
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