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nox_ on July 10, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: How I Start: Elixir

> - Elixir compiles directly to Erlang byte code

No, it compiles to Erlang. Which is then compiled by the Erlang compiler.

rubiquity on July 10, 2014 [–]

I guess I'm misinformed on this. The output of compiling Elixir files are .beam files, not .erl files. Maybe the Elixir compiler compiles to Erlang along the way?

nox_ on July 10, 2014 | [–]

Elixir's compiler emits Erlang forms, and then relies on OTP's Erlang's compiler. It is not a direct process.

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