I have had the pleasure of working with Doug on Julia in the last couple of years, and I fully agree that we are extremely fortunate to have Doug working on Jul

I have had the pleasure of working with Doug on Julia in the last couple of years, and I fully agree that we are extremely fortunate to have Doug working on Julia. I have heard the sentiment you express from friends of mine too - they all talk about having learnt their R and statistics from Doug, through all his contributions on the mailing lists, software, documentation, email exchanges, etc.