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There are vc investments and other corporate sponsors which heavily dictate the language and it's ecosystem.

• patagurbon 2mo ago
  They dictate what their employees are paid to work on, there are no VC investments in The Julia Programming Language It’s true that MIT and a few other organizations have more influence than others simply because they employ more developers with time/scope to work on the language. Just like every programming language. But this becomes less true all the time. And most of the direction that is “paid for” is an unadulterated good: JuliaC ahead of time compilation has been requested for over a decade and has made enormous progress.
  • lalalanananana 2mo ago
    If you think this has no effect on core contributions or directionality for the language I have a crazy deal on a timeshare
    • postflopclarity 2mo ago
      I have submitted plenty of core contributions, none of which were directed or paid for by VC. the language contributions come from those sufficiently motivated to contribute. if you want to change the direction, you need to do some work.
      • lalalanananana 2mo ago
        I have core contributions to the language too. I think you misunderstood my sentiment. That's okay. In a few years you'll probably be where I am now. Setting a reminder for 2 years.