Personally, I think when you write Julia in shorthand form, it looks nothing like ruby or basic. for example, check out parts of the stdlib: https://github.com

Personally, I think when you write Julia in shorthand form, it looks nothing like ruby or basic. for example, check out parts of the stdlib: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/blob/master/base/operators.jl https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/blob/master/base/operator... but in the end, julia really is a lisp: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dK3zRXhrFZY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dK3zRXhrFZY