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Elixir is a dynamic, functional language designed for building scalable and maintainable applications.

Elixir leverages the Erlang VM, known for running low-latency, distributed and fault-tolerant systems, while also being successfully used in web development and the embedded software domain.

Platform features
* Scalability
* Fault-tolerance
      
Language features
* Functional programming
* Extensibility and DSLs

Tooling features
* A growing ecosystem
* Interactive development
* Erlang compatible