Julia is not presented as a simple language, it's presented as a "I want everything" language [1], a Python-Ruby-Perl-C-Fortran-Lisp-Matlab crossover with it's

Julia is not presented as a simple language, it's presented as a "I want everything" language [1], a Python-Ruby-Perl-C-Fortran-Lisp-Matlab crossover with it's own unique spice. Which is completely opposite from something like Go. You can start programming knowing only one of Julia's inspiration, for example programming Julia like Python, but if you want all the language brings you'll have to dive in a lot of the other sides (which might clash a little with the cleverness of the compiler, as it will accept such varied styles it will not guide you to the one through way of idiomatic Julia code). Still the Julia team did a great job in making all those diverse features feel part of one connected philosophy instead of an ad hoc pile of functionality, even if it does take a little while to fully internalize it. [1] https://julialang.org/blog/2012/02/why-we-created-julia https://julialang.org/blog/2012/02/why-we-created-julia