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Retro on the Julia Programming Language

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Re: Retro on the Julia Programming Language

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Hi Philip, You labast the lack of testing tools but one of the other blog posts [1] is about how you built a testing framework. We're just just being kind in that blog post because you didn't really spell out any shortcomings then ? [1]

[1] = https://blog.staffjoy.com/test-driven-development-in-juliajk... ?

Yes, thanks. Seems I didn't finish my post before I hit submit - someone came into the room to collect me and I had to log out quickly. By the time I noticed the edit window was closed.

Re: Retro on the Julia Programming Language

#32

At the core, most programming languages are quite similar, but the developer tools and communities shape the culture and ultimately the roadmap of the language.

> At the core, most programming languages are quite similar, Absolutely not. > The developer tools and communities shape the culture and ultimately the roadmap of the language. Absolutely so. My fellow PL-ers sometimes forget this part :)---Thankfully this is changing.

>> At the core, most programming languages are quite similar, >Absolutely not.

He said 'most' not all, so he is correct.

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