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People using Julia are quite happy how it alleviates the expression problem compared to languages they used before. Your argument, if I get it right, that Julia

• Hitton 6y ago
  Most people using language X are quite happy how X does things compared to languages they used before. That's why they use the language X. That's also the reason why I consider this type of argument unhelpful.
  • shele 6y ago
    No, not "most people" and not "happy how X does things" but specifically people who have thought about the expression problem's opinion about how Julia alleviates the expression problem compared to other languages they know.
• saithound 6y ago
  Well, the expression problem is a clearly formulated question: how can we have three desirable things at the same time (no need to modify existing code, no need for code repetition and no need for runtime type errors [1])? See also the project management triangle: if you need something fast, good and cheap, then fast, good and expensive won't be a satisfactory answer, no matter how many millionaires are satisfied with the latter. [1] https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-540-24851-4_6 https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-540-24851-4_...
  • shele 6y ago
    Honestly, if you want to discuss the progress made on the expression problem by a dynamical language whose power and extensibility partly comes from a collection of informal, consensus based interfaces you have to start from a different theory.