>One would say the target audience of Julia - matlab converts, would barely use that feature (macros) directly. The 'target audience of Julia' is everyone, not

>One would say the target audience of Julia - matlab converts, would barely use that feature (macros) directly. The 'target audience of Julia' is everyone, not just 'Matlab converts'. It is most focused on high performance numerics, but is a true general purpose programming language. I expect its use to grow explosively as more and more people recognize its elegance and power. My perspective is that of a senior engineer with decades of experience with dozens of programming languages.