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> Yes, I forgot your favourite language. I would be interested about the position of Julia in a hypothetical future version of that article. On a first glance,
by leethargo 8y ago
> Yes, I forgot your favourite language.
I would be interested about the position of Julia in a hypothetical future version of that article. On a first glance, one would expect migrations from MATLAB, R and Python 3, but maybe it will be mostly C++ programmers wanting some more interactivity?
- KenoFischer 8y agoYes, we do indeed see a surprising number of C++ programmers in the user base (essentially people who are stuck in C++ because of performance considerations, but would like to iterate faster). MATLAB/Python/R users tend to come to Julia when they outgrow the performance constraints of their older systems.
- ktpsns 8y agoOn the other hand, the scientific community certainly does not carry out an ongoing switch between JavaScript and Python, as the author percieves in the web world. Python is an ideal example of a scripting language that got so popular in so many areas that it is hard to say who uses it for what. Pupils use it for getting familiar with programming. Many standard linux distribution tools are written in Python. There is so much beyond web development and scientific applications.