Conversation

Notices

1. Urusan (urusan@fosstodon.org)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Feb-2023 02:11:14 JST Urusan

   Julia really is a fundamental step forward in programming languages. I can't see a future in which the lessons learned by Julia aren't incorporated into the mainstream programming languages of the future. #julialang

   • Sotolf (sotolf@social.linux.pizza)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Feb-2023 02:11:13 JST Sotolf

     in reply to

     @urusan What do you feel like julia is doing that is new, or better than other langauges? I never have seen any reason for using julia at all in my work/daily life.

     Adrian Cochrane repeated this.
   • Urusan (urusan@fosstodon.org)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Feb-2023 02:11:24 JST Urusan

     in reply to

     • Sotolf

     @sotolf * Multiple dispatch is a real game changer, and it's the only language built around it. Additionally, the Julia devs "solved" multiple dispatch, in the sense that it runs in a highly performant manner.
     * The Julia reference implementation is essentially a high-powered compiler built on top of LLVM. It's built so that you can customize it, and in areas where this is especially valuable (AI, HPC, quantum computing) it's only a matter of time before a killer app emerges.