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elixir is npm for erl.

the single example you need to know to snub it:

   x = 1
   x = 2

thats valid elixir. you're better off using javascript or php at this point

that's valid javascript (it's also very dangerous javascript)... and would be valid php if you sandwich it between a $ and a ;

elixir is not npm for erlang, hex is more like npm.

elixir is mix. mix is hex.

hence elixir is npm for erlang

nope. variable rebinding is not what makes and breaks elixir.

elixir is awesome and has done more to popularize the good ideas behind erlang than a lot of other languages/tools.

   x = 1
   x = 2

Why is that a problem? It's shadowing, not mutation.

Ahh you seem to be on that phase...