https://ericdouglas.github.io/2017/08/24/practicing-the-elixir-language/
ericdouglas
fredwu
I’ve had a productive coding weekend, and so I decided to share my experience. In the past month or so I built two more open source libraries, and contributed to a couple too… 
http://fredwu.me/post/164668682508/coding-and-learning-should-never-stop-open
blackode
10 Killer Elixir Tips #6
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Execution with demos
https://medium.com/@blackode/10-killer-elixir-tips-6-99dcbd0df8b1
ChaseGilliam
Short post comparing Elixir structs to associative arrays in other languages.
*Edit pulling this for the moment until I make some edits and republish it.
OvermindDL1
In practice you can use the Hash Table like a map or dictionary if you pretend that keys with multiple values have arrays as values. Since they have the type signature list, that happens to be convenient. OCaml has a built in Map which is a lot like a strongly typed version of the Struct, which is a little strict for my taste.
You can mix types just fine, you just have to wrap them in a Sum type (variant in OCaml-lingo), not at all strict like that at all.
However, OCaml HashTable’s are not like Elixir structs. OCaml Objects and OCaml Records are more like Elixir structs depending on use (Objects even allow row-typing like Elixir Structs).
ChaseGilliam
cool I had no idea.
Thanks for the clarification. I think I was trying to communicate how they are like maps, and associative arrays in general. I need to do some editing before sharing this more broadly.