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Improve Performance with Streams

Improve Performance with Streams

Learn how streams reduce the time taken by the open_airports() function.

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Streams

We know that the Stream data structure is lazily evaluated and allows us to process data only when needed. The Stream module has lazy implementations of map/2, filter/2, and other functions. We can use Stream.map/2 and Stream.filter/2 to replace their Enum counterparts, but what about reading and parsing the file?

Use File.stream!

Don’t worry, Elixir has us covered. The File module ...