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Jeff and I were slightly miffed at being called "not language nerds" ;-)
by StefanKarpinski 13y ago
Jeff and I were slightly miffed at being called "not language nerds" ;-)
- carljv 13y agoLanguage nerds (or geeks), definitely! Maybe he meant something like "language dweebs" or "language snobs." Julia's great strength, I think, is that it was designed by folks with very good grounding in language design, but who prioritized practicality.
- Glide 13y agoI cringed when I read that in the blog. I came across the benchmarks on the home page and I was thinking there was no way that it was possible to write a language that looks that good and performs that well without being a "language nerd."