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by mrjoelkemp 2102 days ago
A talk in ElixirConf this year showed that the pipe operator in Elixir is just a macro. A Code BEAM V conf Q&A with Jose had a (playful, trolling) question about implementing right handed assigns and Jose said that you can just write a macro if you want it. That all reinforces that the core lang doesn't need to change really; it's extensible enough to let you do whatever you want on top. Pretty cool.