ElixirConf 2016 - The Joy of Connecting Elixir to the Physical World by Frank Hunleth

The Joy of Connecting Elixir to the Physical World by Frank Hunleth With all of the Python, and C libraries for connecting to sensors, actuators, and other devices, it’s easy to dismiss Elixir as a language for physical computing. Nothing could be farther from the truth. Between binary pattern matching, a functional approach to transforming low level data, and natural support for recovering from the hiccups of real world hardware, Elixir is an ideal language. The main parts missing have been low