Summary
Julia is a new programming language that takes advantage of recent innovations in compiler technology to offer the functionality, ease-of-use, and intuitive syntax of dynamic programming languages at the speed of C. One if its goals is to eliminate the so-called two language problem—when the users code in a high-level language, such as R and Python, but performance-critical parts have to be rewritten in C or C++. Julia feels like a dynamic language and offers all the productivity features associated with these. But at the same time, it eliminates the performance trade-offs, proving to be productive enough for prototyping and exploratory coding, and efficient enough for performance-critical applications.
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