Elixir – Why the dot (when calling anonymous functions)?

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  • dialyxir

    Mix tasks to simplify use of Dialyzer in Elixir projects.

  • For those of you who are interested by Elixir but find the lack of static typing an issue here are somethings to be aware of:

    1. Static Typing is planned and currently the top priority of the team

    https://elixir-lang.org/blog/2022/10/05/my-future-with-elixi...

    2. There is a type checking tool

    https://github.com/jeremyjh/dialyxir

    3. You can go a long way with pattern matching and guides in the meantime and have alot more guarantees that a typical dynamic typed language.

  • Fable: F# |> BABEL

    F# to JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, Rust and Dart Compiler

  • F# is also part of the OCaml family, has a great to-JS transpiler (https://fable.io/) and F# code can also be used in .NET projects.

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