kmittal01

Online Tutorials and Reading Materials
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http://elixir-lang.org/docs/stable/elixir/ [free]
https://elixirschool.com/ [free] [recommended for beginners]
https://www.tutorialspoint.com/elixir/index.htm [free]

Books
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http://www.amazon.in/Programming-Elixir-Dave-Thomas/dp/1937785580 [paid][recommended book for beginners]
https://www.amazon.in/Metaprogramming-Elixir-Write-Less-Code-ebook/dp/B00U1VU2GA [paid]

jboner

Latency Comparison Numbers (~2012)
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L1 cache reference                           0.5 ns
Branch mispredict                            5   ns
L2 cache reference                           7   ns                      14x L1 cache
Mutex lock/unlock                           25   ns
Main memory reference                      100   ns                      20x L2 cache, 200x L1 cache
Compress 1K bytes with Zippy             3,000   ns        3 us
Send 1K bytes over 1 Gbps network       10,000   ns       10 us
Read 4K randomly from SSD*             150,000   ns      150 us          ~1GB/sec SSD