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Re:Giving up on Julia (2016) by p1esk on Sunday August 18, 2019 @01:28PM (#20731560)
Wait, I thought Julia was “fast Python”? If that’s not the case why would I want to switch to it from Python?
Re:Giving up on Julia (2016) by leiroigh on Sunday August 18, 2019 @01:47PM (#20731663)
Speed depends on workload.

Fast startup, high throughput, high productivity: Choose two.

C/C++/Fortran take fast startup and high throughput, python takes fast startup and high productivity, and julia takes high productivity and high throughput.