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> We don't use Javascript much Not even Leaflet? I've been using its R interface and I think it's fairly easy to pick up.

• dlivingston 7y ago
  I'll take a look at it. For scripting, I'm mainly Python and Julia based, but R is definitely pretty common around here. Thanks for the info.
  • qorrect 7y ago
    What does Julia have that Python or R lack ?
    • dagw 7y ago
      Speed.
      • psv1 7y ago
        I like Julia as a language but the speed argument doesn't really apply vs Python. Yes, benchmarks against pure Python implementations look good but in reality no one uses naive pure-python implementations. Python (with all the bells and whistles that interop with C/C++ like numpy, pytorch, tensorflow, numba, cython...) is very performant.
        • dagw 7y ago
          Python (with all the bells and whistles that interop with C/C++ like numpy, pytorch, tensorflow, numba, cython...) is very performant I know. I spend much of my days writing 'high performance' Python, and Python is still my go to tool for just about everything. Julia's big advantage is, kind of like Fortran vs C back in the day, that it's fast even if you're just writing things in the most obvious and natural way for your domain.