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| diff --git a/elixir.html.markdown b/elixir.html.markdown index 8b80c582..2748a983 100644 --- a/elixir.html.markdown +++ b/elixir.html.markdown @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@  --- -language: elixir +language: Elixir  contributors:      - ["Joao Marques", "https://github.com/mrshankly"]      - ["Dzianis Dashkevich", "https://github.com/dskecse"] @@ -13,16 +13,15 @@ It's fully compatible with Erlang, but features a more standard syntax  and many more features.  ```elixir -  # Single line comments start with a number symbol.  # There's no multi-line comment,  # but you can stack multiple comments. -# To use the elixir shell use the `iex` command. +# To use the Elixir shell use the `iex` command.  # Compile your modules with the `elixirc` command. -# Both should be in your path if you installed elixir correctly. +# Both should be in your path if you installed Elixir correctly.  ## ---------------------------  ## -- Basic types @@ -33,7 +32,7 @@ and many more features.  0x1F # integer  3.0  # float -# Atoms, that are literals, a constant with name. They start with `:`. +# Atoms are constants whose values are their own name. They start with `:`.  :hello # atom  # Tuples that are stored contiguously in memory. @@ -50,7 +49,7 @@ elem({1, 2, 3}, 0) #=> 1  head #=> 1  tail #=> [2,3] -# In elixir, just like in Erlang, the `=` denotes pattern matching and +# In Elixir, just like in Erlang, the `=` denotes pattern matching and  # not an assignment.  #  # This means that the left-hand side (pattern) is matched against a @@ -83,7 +82,7 @@ string.  <<?a, ?b, ?c>> #=> "abc"  [?a, ?b, ?c]   #=> 'abc' -# `?a` in elixir returns the ASCII integer for the letter `a` +# `?a` in Elixir returns the ASCII integer for the letter `a`  ?a #=> 97  # To concatenate lists use `++`, for binaries use `<>` @@ -116,7 +115,7 @@ genders.gillian #=> "female"  5 * 2  #=> 10  10 / 2 #=> 5.0 -# In elixir the operator `/` always returns a float. +# In Elixir the operator `/` always returns a float.  # To do integer division use `div`  div(10, 2) #=> 5 @@ -174,7 +173,7 @@ else    "This will"  end -# Remember pattern matching? Many control-flow structures in elixir rely on it. +# Remember pattern matching? Many control-flow structures in Elixir rely on it.  # `case` allows us to compare a value against many patterns:  case {:one, :two} do @@ -307,7 +306,7 @@ Geometry.area({:circle, 3})       #=> 28.25999999999999801048  # Geometry.area({:circle, "not_a_number"})  #=> ** (FunctionClauseError) no function clause matching in Geometry.area/1 -# Due to immutability, recursion is a big part of elixir +# Due to immutability, recursion is a big part of Elixir  defmodule Recursion do    def sum_list([head | tail], acc) do      sum_list(tail, acc + head) @@ -382,7 +381,7 @@ end  ## ---------------------------  # Elixir relies on the actor model for concurrency. All we need to write -# concurrent programs in elixir are three primitives: spawning processes, +# concurrent programs in Elixir are three primitives: spawning processes,  # sending messages and receiving messages.  # To start a new process we use the `spawn` function, which takes a function | 
