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Similarly, values like `0` and `""`, which some other programming languages consider to be "falsy", are also "truthy" in Elixir.

As a rule of thumb, use `and`, `or` and `not` when you are expecting booleans. If any of the arguments are non-boolean, use `&&`, `||` and `!`.

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I just copied this from the previous source https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir-lang.github.com/blob/37063abef750a4263d48ea4022634b804dea32ff/getting-started/basic-operators.markdown?plain=1#L74

## Atoms

An atom is a constant whose value is its own name. Some other languages call these symbols. They are often useful to enumerate over distinct values, such as:
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