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diff --git a/elixir.html.markdown b/elixir.html.markdown index 8ea499ff..b27b2ee8 100644 --- a/elixir.html.markdown +++ b/elixir.html.markdown @@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ Elixir is a modern functional language built on top of the Erlang VM. It's fully compatible with Erlang, but features a more standard syntax and many more features. -```ruby +```elixir -# Single line comments start with a hashtag. +# Single line comments start with a number symbol. # There's no multi-line comment, # but you can stack multiple comments. @@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ f = fn -> 2 * 2 end #=> #Function<erl_eval.20.80484245> spawn(f) #=> #PID<0.40.0> # `spawn` returns a pid (process identifier), you can use this pid to send -# messages to the process. To do message passing we use the `<-` operator. +# messages to the process. To do message passing we use the `send` operator. # For all of this to be useful we need to be able to receive messages. This is # achived with the `receive` mechanism: defmodule Geometry do @@ -378,11 +378,11 @@ end pid = spawn(fn -> Geometry.area_loop() end) #=> #PID<0.40.0> # Send a message to `pid` that will match a pattern in the receive statement -pid <- {:rectangle, 2, 3} +send pid, {:rectangle, 2, 3} #=> Area = 6 # {:rectangle,2,3} -pid <- {:circle, 2} +send pid, {:circle, 2} #=> Area = 12.56000000000000049738 # {:circle,2} |