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> Most people are allured by Julia's overhyped marketing ... Wikipedia says "Marketing refers to activities a company undertakes to promote the buying or selli

> Most people are allured by Julia's overhyped marketing ... Wikipedia says "Marketing refers to activities a company undertakes to promote the buying or selling of a product, service, or good." Julia is not a company; I think what you're calling "marketing" would better be labeled "user enthusiasm" :-)

systemvoltage 6y ago
The founders of Julia do have financial interest though! I think they're part of Julia Foundation. Same people wrote the marketing material I presume.
- ChrisRackauckas 6y ago
  > The mission of The Julia Foundation is to provide assistance to those in need while creating awareness of the power of art to heal and inspire. http://www.thejuliafoundation.org/ http://www.thejuliafoundation.org/ I didn't think they were, but now it makes sense why Jeff Bezanson's voice is so soothing.
- StefanKarpinski 6y ago
  Out of curiosity, what marketing material are you referring to? I.e. what is it that you find misleading, specifically? If anything, I feel that the Julia website and manual focus more on technical computing than they ought to and could stand to spend more time on general computing matters for which the language is also well suited. I’ve been meaning to write a blog post entitled “Julia is a General Purpose Language” for a long time. Which I suspect you would take issue with, but that’s ok.