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Re:In Defense of Matlab Code by sundarurfriend on Monday December 15, 2025 @04:00PM (#46280568)
As your comment already hints at, using Python often ends up a hodgepodge of libraries and tools glued together, that work for their limited scope but show their shaky foundations any time your work is outside of those parts. Having worked with researchers and engineers for years on their codebases, there is already too much "throw shit at the wall and see what sticks" temptation in this type of code (because they'd much rather be working on their research than on the code), and the Python way of doing things actively encourages that. Julia's type hierarchies, integrated easy package management, and many elements of its design make writing better code easier and even the smoother path.

> I don't think Julia really solves any problems that aren't already solved by Python.

I don't really need proper furniture, the cardboard boxes and books setup I had previously "solved" the same problems, but I feel less worried about random parts of it suddenly buckling, and it is much more ergonomic in practice too.

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Re:In Defense of Matlab Code by wolvesechoes on Tuesday December 16, 2025 @03:48AM (#46286251)
> using Python often ends up a hodgepodge of libraries and tools glued together

At least it has those tools and libraries, what cannot be said about Julia.

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Re:In Defense of Matlab Code by forgotpwd16 on Tuesday December 16, 2025 @04:47AM (#46286630)
What tools/libraries you miss from Julia? Have you used the language or merely speculating?
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Re:In Defense of Matlab Code by wolvesechoes on Tuesday December 16, 2025 @07:17AM (#46287625)
> What tools/libraries you miss from Julia?

My experience with this website is that it would be rather pointless to enumerate, because you will then point to some poorly documented, buggy and supporting fraction of features Julia "alternatives" to Python packages or APIs that are developed and maintained by well-resourced organizations.

The same thing for tooling - unstable, buggy Julia plugin for VSCode is not the same as having products like PyCharm and official Python plugins made by Microsoft for VS and VSCode.

Now, I will admit that Julia also has some niceties that would be hard to find in Python ecosystem (mainly SciML packages), but it is not enough.

> Have you used the language or merely speculating?

I just saw the logo in Google Images.

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