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by whizzkid 2741 days ago
Not specifically Erlang but I have used Elixir and it was one of the rare languages that blew my mind when it comes to new ways of thinking when implementing things.

How not to love some of these features!

   [first, second | remaining_of_people] = list_of_people


   greeting = fn
     %{name: name} -> "Hello, #{name}!"
     %{} -> "Hello, Anonymous Stranger!"
   end