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[–] cosmicrose@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

In Elixir & Erlang, they don’t even have a for-loop construct. You have to use recursion. And I think that’s beautiful. I also think tail-call optimization is beautiful.

[–] glitches_brew@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Elixir does have for loops.

https://hashrocket.com/blog/posts/elixir-for-loops-go-beyond-comprehension

That being said, I have worked at a company who uses Elixir 4 years now and I have never once written one.

[–] cosmicrose@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Oh you’re so right, I never use those so I completely forgot :X