Think Different(ly)
This is a book about thinking differently; about accepting that some of the things folks say about programming may not be the full story:
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Object orientation is not the only way to design code.
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Functional programming need not be complex or mathematical.
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The foundations of programming are not assignments, if statements, and loops.
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Concurrency does not need locks, semaphores, monitors, and the like.
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Processes are not necessarily expensive resources.
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Metaprogramming is not just something tacked onto a language.
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Even if it is work, programming should be fun.
Of course, I’m not saying Elixir is a magic potion (well, technically it is, but you know what I mean). There isn’t the one true way to write code. But Elixir is different ...
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