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Edit: Title asks for downsides (but it seems like tue kind of title that might be changed) Disclaimer: I really like Julia, and loving it for some numerical st

by ajdecon 15y ago

Edit: Title asks for downsides (but it seems like tue kind of title that might be changed) Disclaimer: I really like Julia, and loving it for some numerical stuff right now. That said... Potential downsides: - Very new, standard libs are still in flux - Matlab-like syntax, which I have mixed feelings on - Clustered parallelism uses ssh for transport, which I find slow (vs MPI) - 1-based array indices (for Matlab and Fortran familiarity)

codezero 15y ago
Not to be pedantic, but Fortran 1-based array indices are from Fortran 66 and earlier. Fortran 77 and on include the ability to index from any arbitrary integer, including negative ones. You can declare a 21 element array indexed from -10 like so: real x(-10:10) So hopefully anyone familiar with Fortran isn't hung up on 1-based indices.
- humbledrone 15y ago
  > "N̶o̶t̶ to be pedantic, [...]"
  - codezero 15y ago
    Yep, can't edit it now though :(
asg 15y ago
1 based array indices are indeed a very opinionated decision. But I must say it isn't a very difficult thing to switch one's mental models around. Its very easy to get used to.