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They're smart alright, but I think Julia has gotten a lot of play on other channels besides the Matlab/tech world. The stopper is for me is use cases. I play wi
by eggy 11y ago
They're smart alright, but I think Julia has gotten a lot of play on other channels besides the Matlab/tech world. The stopper is for me is use cases. I play with ideas in Mathematica (notebook IDE for decades) because it has everything at my fingertips, keep J programming language opened on my desktop for quick prototypes (not just as a desk calculator), and if I need technical libraries and speed, I just use C with the relative libraries (even though I should learn Fortran :) ) I like Julia's syntax, and I think it will be more general purpose as it matures, but it is already the wild mistress of the Matlab playboy.
- tanlermin 11y agoWhat other channels?
- eggy 11y agoI meant that as a PL being pitched as a Matlab replacement, and for math and science communities, it has had some highly visible, hyperbolic articles in Wired ("Man Creates One Programming Language to Rule Them All"), Venture Beat, Fast Company and other more broad startup and popular tech magazines. I like the programming language J, and I think I can truly say it doesn't get a lot of exposure outside of its niche along these lines, so I wouldn't say Julia doesn't have good marketing; J has yet to be featured in Wired ;)
- tanlermin 11y agoGotcha!