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The tone of this article really rubbed me the wrong way. Railing against the language design choices made by Go isn't evidence that those choices are wrong – it
by StefanKarpinski 13y ago
The tone of this article really rubbed me the wrong way. Railing against the language design choices made by Go isn't evidence that those choices are wrong – it's evidence that you're trying to use the wrong tool for the job. I was reading this wondering why the author thought Go would be an appropriate choice in the first place. Julia does seem like a natural choice for this – there are efficient Sets as well as BitArrays and you can use the natural notation for them.
- RivieraKid 13y agoI mostly agree but one argument for Go would be performance (at least in theory) and the lightweight and "fun" feel of the language. BTW - how would you compare Julia to languages like Python, Ruby or Go? If you ignore the libs and maturity, is there anything about Julia that makes it relatively less suitable for, let's say, writing a web app, a web server or a desktop application?