This is the first article in the miniseries that deals with macros. I originally planned on treating this topic in my upcoming Elixir in Action book, but decided against it because the subject somehow doesn’t fit into the main theme of the book that is more focused on the underlying VM and crucial parts of OTP.| www.theerlangelist.com
It’s been about a year since I’ve started using Elixir. Originally, I intended to use the language only for blogging purposes, thinking it could help me better illustrate benefits of Erlang Virtual Machine (EVM). However, I was immediately fascinated with what the language brings to the table, and very quickly introduced it to the Erlang based production system I have been developing at the time. Today, I consider Elixir as a better alternative for the development of EVM powered systems, ...| www.theerlangelist.com