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title: Learn About Elixir
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<a href='http://elixir-lang.org/' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>Elixir</a> is a <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_system#Dynamic_type_checking_and_runtime_type_information' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>dynamically typed</a>, <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Functional_programming' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>functional programming language</a> which uses <a href='https://www.erlang.org/' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>Erlang</a> VM.
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It was created by <a href='https://github.com/josevalim' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>José Valim</a>, as part of an R & D project. The development of Elixir started in <a href='https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir/graphs/contributors' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>early 2011</a>; and it has gained huge popularity in last five years.
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With an enthusiastic active community behind it, Elixir is quite the language that preserves sanity and brings joy in coding. |