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Can you write general purpose scripts in Elixir like in Ruby or Python?

Yup, you can write standalone Elixir scripts. Running "elixir myscript.exs" gives you that.

And with Mix.install/2 [0] you have access to the entire ecosystem.

Here are a few examples: https://github.com/wojtekmach/mix_install_examples

[0]: https://hexdocs.pm/mix/1.12.3/Mix.html#install/2

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