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I appreciate your honestly and clarity about your intentions. Maybe this my biggest gripe when someone claims Julia is objectively better than Python or R. The

I appreciate your honestly and clarity about your intentions. Maybe this my biggest gripe when someone claims Julia is objectively better than Python or R. The answer to this question is highly subjective, heavily depends on whether you use VSCode or not, and people that usually answer this question are heavily invested in getting other people to use Julia. But the answer is usually presented as an objective answer, and I guess that just kind of rubs me the wrong way.

krumbie 4y ago
It's definitely not objectively better. For normal workflows, the startup latency is a real hindrance, even if the community has collectively built norms around that which help a bit (keeping a long running repl session open, etc.). But in terms of expressiveness plus attainable performance it really is hard to beat. I think it's nice that the path from quick draft to really performant code is continuous, and not a big gap like switching languages.