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# What is Elixir?
Elixir is a dynamic, functional language designed for building scalable and maintainable applications.
Elixir leverages the Erlang VM, known for running low-latency, distributed and fault-tolerant systems, while also being successfully used in web development and the embedded software domain.
> [en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elixir_(programming_language)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elixir_%28programming_language%29)
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# How to use this image
## Run it as the REPL
```console
➸ docker run -it --rm elixir
Erlang/OTP 18 [erts-7.2.1] [source] [64-bit] [smp:8:8] [async-threads:10] [hipe] [kernel-poll:false]
Interactive Elixir (1.2.1) - press Ctrl+C to exit (type h() ENTER for help)
iex(1)> System.version
"1.2.1"
iex(2)>
➸ docker run -it --rm -h elixir.local elixir iex --sname snode
Erlang/OTP 18 [erts-7.2.1] [source] [64-bit] [smp:8:8] [async-threads:10] [hipe] [kernel-poll:false]
Interactive Elixir (1.2.1) - press Ctrl+C to exit (type h() ENTER for help)
iex(snode@elixir)1> System.version
"1.2.1"
iex(snode@elixir)2> :c.uptime
14 seconds
:ok
```
## Run a single Elixir exs script
```console
$ docker run -it --rm --name %%REPO%%-inst1 -v "$PWD":/usr/src/myapp -w /usr/src/myapp %%REPO%% elixir your-escript.exs
```