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C/CPS 506
Comparative Programming Languages Prof. Alex Ufkes
Topic 5: Finishing up Elixir

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Course Administration
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Midterm next week!
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Takes place on D2L during the 2h lecture period. Test is ONLY available during these two hours.

This Week
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Finish up Elixir
• Pattern Matching
• Control flow, keyword lists
• Enum VS Stream
• List comprehensions
• Elixir processes

Any Questions?
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Pattern Matching
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=
This is not the assignment operator. It is the match operator. Pattern matching is a fundamental part of Elixir
x= 1
When a name is on the left-hand side of the match operator, we bind or rebind the name.

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iex> x = 2 2
iex> 2 = x 2
This is a valid expression!
(Variable) Name on the Right?
iex> 3 = x
** (MatchError) no match of right hand side value: 2
iex> 3 = x + 1 3
If a match is successful, it returns the value of the right-hand side of the expression. If not, a MatchError.

(Variable) Name on the Right?
iex> x = 2 2
iex> 2 = x 2
This is a valid expression!
iex> 3 = x
** (MatchError) no match of right hand side value: 2
iex> 3 = x + 1 3
Names on the left? Bind or rebind to value on the right. Names on the right? Pattern match with value on the left.
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Matching Lists Let’s see matching with lists:
iex> list = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
iex> [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] = list [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
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Matching Lists
iex> list = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
iex> [1 | tail] = list
[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
iex> tail
[2, 3, 4, 5]
iex> [2 | tail] = list
** (MatchError) no match of right hand side
value: [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
A pattern match will error if the sides can’t be matched
• Separates list into head and tail.
• In this case, the head must be 1!
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• Not equating the tail (of tail) with anything
• ‘_’ can never be read from. Value discarded.
iex> tail
[2, 3, 4, 5]
iex> [2 | _] = tail [2, 3, 4, 5]
iex> [2, 3 | test ] = tail
[2, 3, 4, 5]
iex> test
[4, 5]
iex> [_ | test ] = tail
[2, 3, 4, 5]
Match first two values
Match test with tail of tail
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iex> tup = {:OK, “Hello”} {:OK, “Hello”}
iex> {:OK, value} = tup
{:OK, “Hello”}
iex> value
“Hello”
Matching Tuples
• When matching tuples, the comma is used as a separator.
• Tuples don’t deal in head/tail
• They aren’t linked lists.
• Comma for tuples, | for lists.
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iex> {a | b} = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5}
** (CompileError) iex: misplaced operator |/2
The | operator is typically used between brackets as the cons operator: [head | tail]
where head is a single element and the tail is the remaining of a list. It is also used to update maps and structs, via the %{map | key: value} notation, and in typespecs, such as @type and @spec, to express the union of two types
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Matching Tuples
iex> {a, b, c} = {:hello, “World”, 42}
{:hello, “World”, 42}
iex> {a, b} = {:hello, “World”, 42}
** (MatchError) no match of right hand side
value: {:hello, “World”, 42}
This is called destructuring. a, b, c are now bound to individual elements of the tuple.
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Pin Operator
If we use the match operator with a variable on the left side of the expression, that variable is simply re-bound to that value. For example:
iex> x = 3 3
iex> x = 2 2
iex> x = 3 3
iex> ^x = 2
** (MatchError) no match of right hand side value: 2
This is often undesirable!
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Use ^ operator to force x to hold its binding

iex> x = 2 2
Pin Operator: Lists & Tuples
iex> [^x, y] = [1, 3]
** (MatchError) no match of right hand side value: [1, 3]
iex> y
** (CompileError) iex:2: undefined function y/0
iex> [^x, y] = [2, 3] [2, 3]
iex> y 3
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Functions & Patterns
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Pattern Matching: Function Signatures Function “overloading” is just pattern matching on the signature
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Ideas? What can we do?
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What about…
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Single argument, a tuple

Recursion in Elixir
Who needs looping anyway?
defmodule Length do
def of([]), do: 0
def of([_ | t]), do: 1 + of(t)
end
When there’s one value left in the list, t will be [ ]
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Argument pattern matching makes recursion straightforward:
Base cases
Recursive case
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Tail Recursion?
Consider UserMath.fac()
defmodule UserMath do
def fac(0), do: 1
def fac(n), do: n*fac(n-1)
end
defmodule UserMath do
do: fac(num, 1)
def fac(0, prod), do: prod
def fac(num, prod), do: fac(num-1, num*prod) end
Wrapper function so user can invoke without initializing the running product
def fac(num),
Pass running product as argument
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Private Functions, Default Arguments
defmodule UserMath do
def fac(num), do: fac(num, 1)
defp fac(0, prod), do: prod
defp fac(num, prod), do: fac(num-1, num*prod)
end
Hide the tail helper functions from the outside world
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Control “Structures”
Implemented using function calls and pattern matching
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Selection: if/else
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As long as this expressions evaluates to true or false
Why?
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Boolean:
true, false
Boolean Expressions
With these operators:
• non-false and non-nil are true.
• nil and false are false.
• 0 is considered true!
iex> “gh” && false Except…
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false
iex> “gh” || false
“gh”
• •
The result isn’t true or false It’s the value that decided the result of true or false
&&, ||, !
What we actually get is the value that determined the truthiness of the expression

“No loop/if-else/case constructs”
In Elixir, we have several control structures that are implemented as macros. They are not actually constructs of the programming language.
Their implementation exists in the Elixir Kernel module.
They allow us to write if/else-style constructs in a familiar way. However, these are function calls behind the scenes.
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if 1 < 2 do “Hello” end Is the same as: Is the same as: if 1 < 2, do: “Hello” if(1 < 2, do: “Hello”) do/end VS Keyword List This form is a syntactic convenience allowed by Elixir to make the language more accessible. © Alex Ufkes, 2020, 2021 38 if 1 < 2 do “Hello” else “World” end do/end VS Keyword List Is the same as: if 1 < 2, do: “Hello”, else: “World” Is the same as: if(1 < 2, do: “Hello”, else: “World”) iex> if 1 < 2, do: "Hello", else: "World" "Hello" iex> if(1 < 2, do: "Hello", else: "World") "Hello" © Alex Ufkes, 2020, 2021 39 if 1 < 2 do “Hello” else “World” end do/end VS Keyword List Is the same as: if(1 < 2, do: “Hello”, else: “World”) Is the same as: if(1<2, [{:do, "Hello"}, {:else, "World"}]) © Alex Ufkes, 2020, 2021 40 if(1<2, [{:do, "Hello"}, {:else, "World"}]) © Alex Ufkes, 2020, 2021 41 if 1 < 2 do “Hello” else “World” end do/end VS Keyword List Is the same as: if 1 < 2, do: “Hello”, else: “World” Is the same as: if(1<2, [{:do, "Hello"}, {:else, "World"}]) © Alex Ufkes, 2020, 2021 42 iex> if 1 < 2, do: "Hello", else: "World" "Hello" iex> if(1 < 2, [{:do, "Hello”}, {:else, "World"}]) "Hello" Can be any expression! iex> if(1 < 2, [{:do, IO.puts "Hello"}, {:else, "World"}]) Hello :ok iex>
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unless
unless is_integer(“hello”) do
“Not an Int”
end
iex> unless(is_integer(“hello”), do: “Not an Int”) “Not an Int”
iex> unless(is_integer(“hello”), [{:do, “Not an Int”}]) “Not an Int”
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unless: With an else
unless is_integer(0b10101) do “Not an Int”
else
“An Int”
end
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“An Int”

case
if and unless can’t handle pattern matching gracefully:
We can never get here!
• Matching returns the right-hand side…
• UNLESS no match is found, then it yields
a MatchError.
• If a match is found we’d be OK – [1, 2, 3]
is true (non-nil, non-false)
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case
Match this tuple successively
with each case:
tup = {:ok, “Hello World”} case tup do
{:ok, result} -> result {:error} -> “Uh oh!”
_ -> “Catch all”
end
Pattern match!
{:ok, result} = {:ok, “Hello World”}
{:error} = {:ok, “Hello World”}
_ = {:ok, “Hello World”}
Without a catch-all, we’d get an error if no match was found.
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Comment out catch all case
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case: Matching Variables pi = 3.14
IO.puts pi What prints?
case do
pi -> IO.puts “Tasty ” <> pi
_ -> IO.puts “#{pi} is not tasty”
end
Attempts to match: pi = “apple pie”
• What’s the problem here?
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“apple pie”

Pin pi using ^
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Guard Clauses
Guard reference: https://hexdocs.pm/elixir/master/guards.html
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Place a condition on the match:
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iex> IO.puts x
** (ArgumentError) argument error
(stdlib) :io.put_chars(:standard_io, :unicode,
[[1, 2.0, “Hello”, :world], 10])
IO.puts wants a list containing things it can convert to Unicode.
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Interlude: IO.puts VS IO.inspect We can use IO.inspect:
iex> x = [1, 2.0, “Hello”, :world] [1, 2.0, “Hello”, :world]
iex> IO.inspect x
[1, 2.0, “Hello”, :world]
[1, 2.0, “Hello”, :world]
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IO.inspect prints and returns the list.

Interlude: IO.puts VS IO.inspect We can use IO.inspect:
iex> x = [104, 101, 108, 108, 111] ‘hello’
iex> IO.inspect x
‘hello’
‘hello’
IO.inspect still prints as Unicode!
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Interlude: IO.puts VS IO.inspect We can use IO.inspect:
iex> x = [104, 101, 108, 108, 111] ‘hello’
iex> IO.inspect x
‘hello’
‘hello’
iex> IO.inspect x, charlists: :as_lists
[104, 101, 108, 108, 111] ‘hello’
Prints list as a list, rather than converting to Unicode.
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Invoke IO.inspect thusly:

Interlude: IO.puts VS IO.inspect IO.inspect x, charlists: :as_lists
Recall keyword list form:
IO.inspect(x, [{:charlists, :as_lists}])
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Enum.reduce
Distill collection to single value based on some function
• acc is the running value
• By default, initialized to first element in list
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Enum.reduce
Distill collection to single value based on some function
(9 – (8 – (7 – (6 – (5 – (4 – (3 – (2 – (1 – (0 – acc)…)
VS
(…(acc – 1) – 2) – 3) – 4) – 5) – 6) – 7) – 8) – 9)
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Enum.reduce: We can do it!
• Result initialized as head of list
• Pass head of list and current
result into f
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Enum.reduce: We can do it!
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• acc is the running value
• By default, initialized to first element in list
We can add an optional 3rd argument to initialize acc:
iex> Enum.reduce([1, 2, 3], 10, fn(x, acc) -> x+acc end) 16
iex> Enum.reduce([1, 2, 3], fn(x, acc) -> x+acc end)
6
10 + 1 + 2 + 3
VS
1+ 2 + 3
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Stream
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Streams
Like Enum, but Streams are lazy! • Enum functions are strict/eager.
• The result of an Enum is the list that results from applying it:
iex> list = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
iex> Enum.map(list, &(&1 + 1)) [2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
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Streams
Like Enum, but Streams are lazy!
• Stream and Enum share many functions.
• What is the result of evaluating Stream.map?
iex> list = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
iex> Stream.map(list, &(&1 + 1)) #Stream<[ enum: [1, 2, 3, 4, 5], funs: [#Function<48.103564624/1 in Stream.map/2>] ]>
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iex> list = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
iex> Stream.map(list, &(&1 + 1)) #Stream<[ enum: [1, 2, 3, 4, 5], funs: [#Function<48.103564624/1 in Stream.map/2>] ]>
• That’s not a list! Stream is its own type.
• Think of a stream as a recipe for producing the transformed list.
• Here, our stream is a recipe for adding 1 to every element.
• We haven’t actually done the cooking!
• Why is this useful?
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Streams
Consider the following script:
list = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
r1 = Enum.map(list, &(&1 + 1)) |>
Enum.map(&(&1 * 3)) |> Enum.map(&(&1 / 2))
An aside: Pipe is useful here!
• Output list from Enum piped
into next call as 1st arg.
• Thus, subsequent Enum calls
only have 1 arg.
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How many new lists are created when we evaluate this? One for each Enum call! Very inefficient.

Streams
list = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
r1 = Stream.map(list, &(&1 + 1)) |>
Stream.map(&(&1 * 3)) |> Stream.map(&(&1 / 2))
list = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
r1 = Stream.map(list, &(&1 + 1)) |>
Stream.map(&(&1 * 3)) |> Enum.map(&(&1 / 2))
• r1is a recipe for a new list
• At this point, no new list(s)
have been created!
• If we finish with an Enum call, the stream is applied.
• Only one new list created
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Apply the Stream?
Can also use Enum.to_list
list = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
r1 = Stream.map(list, &(&1 + 1)) |>
Stream.map(&(&1 * 3)) |>
Stream.map(&(&1 / 2))
Enum.to_list(r1)
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List Comprehensions
for:
• Generating • Filtering
• Operating
Produces a list when it’s done!
Not the same as an imperative-style for loop! Not for general purpose iteration.
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List Comprehensions
Very much like comprehensions in Python:
Three parts:
• Generator • Filter
• Collector
Comprehensions are syntactic sugar for things we could otherwise do with Enum or recursive functions
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List Comprehensions
iex> Enum.map([1, 2, 3, 4], &(&1*&1)) [1, 4, 9, 16]
iex> for n <- [1, 2, 3, 4], do: n*n [1, 4, 9, 16] Generator: Any enumerable • In this case, a plain old list © Alex Ufkes, 2020, 2021 92 List Comprehensions iex> Enum.map([1, 2, 3, 4], &(&1*&1)) [1, 4, 9, 16]
iex> for n <- [1, 2, 3, 4], do: n*n [1, 4, 9, 16] iex> for n <- do: n*n [1, 4, 9, 16] 1..4, • Used to produce list [1, 2, 3, 4] • Can generate large lists this way • Note: 1..4 is NOT itself a list! • It is a Range © Alex Ufkes, 2020, 2021 93 © Alex Ufkes, 2020, 2021 94 List Comprehensions iex> for n <- 1..4, do: n*n [1, 4, 9, 16] • List comprehensions produce lists • Generators like the above are lazy (Range) • Operate on elements one at a time, discarding previous. • That is, at no point do we produce the complete list [1, 2, 3, 4] in memory. https://hexdocs.pm/elixir/Range.html © Alex Ufkes, 2020, 2021 95 List Comprehensions: Pattern Matching iex> vals = [good: 1, good: 2, bad: 3, good: 4]
Keyword list!
iex> vals = [{:good, 1}, {:good, 2}, {:bad, 3}, {:good, 4}] [good: 1, good: 2, bad: 3, good: 4]
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List Comprehensions: Pattern Matching iex> vals = [good: 1, good: 2, bad: 3, good: 4]
[good: 1, good: 2, bad: 3, good: 4]
iex> for {:good, n} <- vals, do: n*n [1, 4, 16] © Alex Ufkes, 2020, 2021 97 • • Pattern matching is powerful We can also filter in a Boolean fashion List Comprehensions: Filtering iex> fun = &(rem(&1, 3) == 0) #Function<6.99386804/1 in :erl_eval.expr/5>
iex> for n <- 1..20, do: n [3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18] fun.(n), Filter is optional • Include it after generator if desired • Only elements that evaluate to true when filtered will make it to the do: block © Alex Ufkes, 2020, 2021 98 List Comprehensions: Filtering & Matching iex> list = [a: 1, b: “2”, a: 3.0, a: “4.0”, b: {5}, a: [“6.0”]]
[a: 1, b: “2”, a: 3.0, a: “4.0”, b: {5}, a: [“6.0”]]
iex> for {:a, n} <- list, is_number(n), do: n [1, 3.0] Nothing semantically new here • Anything we can do with comprehensions we can do with Enum or our own functions. • It might require more syntax, but we can do it. • Comprehensions can be used to create concise code © Alex Ufkes, 2020, 2021 99 List Comprehensions: In 2D? iex> for i <- [:a, :b, :c], j <- [1, 2], do: {i, j} [a: 1, a: 2, b: 1, b: 2, c: 1, c: 2] We get a keyword list containing combinations of all elements from both generators © Alex Ufkes, 2020, 2021 100 © Alex Ufkes, 2020, 2021 101 • • Elixir Processes (In Brief): Elixir is built on a process model. Recall: Elixir code runs inside lightweight threads of execution. o Isolated, exchange information via message passing. Not uncommon to have hundreds of thousands of processes running concurrently in same VM. o Note: These are NOT operating system processes! o Extremely lightweight in terms of CPU and memory o A process need not be an expensive resource Elixir Processes Playing with processes: • self() Returns PID of current process. o In this case, it’s the PID of our interactive shell session • Process.alive?() tests if a process is currently active. • We can spawn functions as processes! © Alex Ufkes, 2020, 2021 102 Elixir Processes • spawn takes a function as an argument and returns its PID once spawned. • Function executes when spawned Process is not active, the function is not currently executing © Alex Ufkes, 2020, 2021 103 Elixir Processes: Send & Receive iex> send(self(), {:Hello, “World”})
{:Hello, “World”}
• send/2 can be used to send a message (!!!) to a process (by PID)
• This message goes into a mailbox and can be received using the
receive/1 function
• When invoking receive, it will go through the messages in the mailbox
and attempt to match the messages with the provided patterns
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Elixir Processes: Send & Receive
iex> send(self(), {:Hello, “World”}) {:Hello, “World”}
iex> receive do
…> {:Hello, msg} -> msg
…> {:World, msg} -> “won’t match”
…> end
“World”
iex>
• Once the message is received, it is consumed!
• We can’t receive the same message twice.
• Subsequent receive calls will be blocking
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Elixir Processes: Send & Receive
Receive is blocking!
• We sent one message, and received it.
• We then try and receive again, but the
mailbox is empty.
• Process sits and waits.
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Elixir Processes: Send & Receive
• Spawning a function as a process executes that function.
• A blocking receive can be used to wait for messages.
• Once the function receives a message, it will pattern match.
• Receive only blocks once! We have to spawn the function three times.
• Different order?
• Execution is interleaved.
• Up to scheduler.
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Elixir Processes: Send & Receive
• Spawn all three, send each a message.
• Which child process gets chosen to
execute is up to the scheduler.
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Elixir Processes
• This has been a taste. There’s lots more.
• Elixir is famous for powerful concurrent processing.
• Processes can be used to emulate the object message
passing model in languages like Smalltalk.
• If you understand a bit about concurrency from 209 or
590, check it out.
https://elixir-lang.org/getting-started/processes.html
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Functional Programming & Elixir
We saw:
• Functionsasfirst-classentities
o How to create and pass anonymous functions as arguments o How to return anonymous functions
• •
Immutable data – variables (names) are bound and matched using = o Collections are not modified.
o Enum.map returns a new collection
Recursion – Loops are tail-recursive (ideally) functions calls. o Enum functions work this way behind the scenes
Elixir provides many syntax conveniences that make code more familiar to programmers accustomed to the imperative style.
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Functional Programming & Elixir
Flow control is not built into the language as syntax constructs
• This suggests there’s no iteration in the typical sense of the word.
• Looping is accomplished with control structures in imperative languages.
• If control structures are functions, that means looping is always recursive.
• However
• This refers to the high level implementation only.
• Machine instructions are optimized into iteration via tail recursion.
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Elixir Syntax
• Dynamically typed
o Type inferred at run-time
o Need not explicitly specify type upon declaration
• Provides syntax conveniences to make it more intuitive to programmers accustomed to imperative languages
• Interactive shell provides help/search functionality
https://media.pragprog.com/titles/elixir/ElixirCheat.pdf
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Elixir Syntax
Reserved words
• true,false,nil o Used as atoms
• when,and,or,not,in o Used as operators
• fn
o Used for anonymous function definitions
• do,end,catch,rescue,after,else o Used in do/end blocks
https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir/blob/master/lib/elixir/pages/Syntax%20Reference.md
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Further Reading
https://elixir-lang.org/getting-started/introduction.html https://elixirschool.com/en/lessons/basics/basics/
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Elixir Popularity
https://techbeacon.com/5-emerging-programming-languages-bright-future
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