The BEAM compiles Erlang and Elixir code into bytecode (the .beam files you may have noticed in your compiled Elixir applications) and executes it.

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The BEAM compiles or the compilers for each language compile?

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Associate Professor at UTFPR. Interested in programming (Elixir), logic and Deep Work.

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