January 2020
Intermediate to advanced
532 pages
13h 31m
English
Julia is a general purpose programming language that can be used effectively for any domain problem. However, Julia is also one of the few programming languages that allows the developer to build new syntax to fit a specific domain usage.
So, a DSL is an example of Structured Query Language (SQL). SQL is designed to process data in a two-dimensional table structure. It is very powerful, and yet it is only appropriate when you need to handle data in tables.
There are a few prominent areas in the Julia ecosystem where a DSL is used extensively. The one that stood out the most is the DifferentialEquations package, which allows you to write differential equations in a form that is very close to their original ...
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