examples for links in Elixir http://eddwardo.github.io/elixir/links/2015/11/04/links-in-elixir/

link.exs

Process.flag(:trap_exit, true)

current = self()
spawn(fn -> send(current, {self(), 1 + 1}); exit(:no_normal_exit) end)

defmodule Foobar do
  def foo(current) do
    receive do
      {current, n} -> IO.puts "Result: #{n}"; foo(current)
      {:EXIT, pid, reason} -> IO.puts "EXIT with #{reason}"
      after 10 -> IO.puts :stderr, "Timeout"
    end
  end
end

Foobar.foo(current)