I'm sorry if my post came off as gatekeeping. I'm not saying that academic programming is worthless. My argument is that there's a difference between using a la

I'm sorry if my post came off as gatekeeping. I'm not saying that academic programming is worthless. My argument is that there's a difference between using a language and creating one. Systems programmers, programming language theorists, and CS researchers are among the best suited people to creating a robust language for any domain. My quarrel is not that Julia is targeted towards academic programmers, but that overfocus on academic programming leaves sometimes leaves the developers myopic when it comes to language decisions. As an aside, I don't see why Rust couldn't seep into "anything seriously academic". C++ is widely used, and I've seen a gradual uptick in the usage of RAII. Rust seems like the next step, especially with the effort put into the ecosystem and learning materials. Sure, it might come slower than in domains where safe memory management is critical, but I don't think the needs of academics are fundamentally different here.