I'm the post's author. I submitted it to HN a couple of weeks ago, but it didn't get much attention; I'm happy to see more comments this time around. Regarding

I'm the post's author. I submitted it to HN a couple of weeks ago, but it didn't get much attention; I'm happy to see more comments this time around. Regarding IDEs: I guess it's a matter of taste. I don't like IDEs, but I wouldn't mind using one as long as it allowed me to code in my editor of choice. Plotting: I decided to scratch my own itch, and created Gaston, a gnuplot interface. It already offers quite a bit of functionality. It's available at https://bitbucket.org/mbaz/gaston/ https://bitbucket.org/mbaz/gaston/ nargin vs length: this is something I overlooked when I wrote the article. I will post a new article with the perspective and knowledge that working on Gaston has given me. I already know what the conclusion will be: julia stands a very good chance of becoming the new standard language for technical computing.